Tag: Birmingham Back to Backs

• Saturday Snapshots of Privies and Prams!

  This Victorian earth closet makes me think there;sa lot to be said for progress! This, as some of you probably know, is a picture of a Victorian ‘privy’ or ‘earth-closet’,  with a couple of chamber pots stored on either side, and candles to provide some light. You’ll find this particular privy in the yard at Birmingham…

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  June 30, 2012

  Birmingham Back to Backs, earth closet, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, National Trust, night-soil, privy, yardThis Victorian earth-closet makes me think there