This charming photo of dawn over the marshes is actually one of our outside loo when we moved to Strood Villa in the 1940s. It consisted of a hole in a bench with a long drop out into the field outside to be then ploughed in. Problem was that the Essex marshes tend to be very windy, this would cause candles to blow out due to the wind coming up the chute and toilet paper doing the same thing.It was a blessing when we got mains water and inside toilets but not so close to nature nor anything like so spooky.
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