Villagers angry at closure of Pitfield Green toilets in Meopham

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Villagers are in uproar at Meopham Parish Council's decision to demolish the public toilets opposite the green - despite a public vote calling for them be reopened.

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00:00Villages are at war with Mepham Parish Council after its decision to demolish a public toilet.

00:07It wants to replace it with a single unit unisex loo, but people living in the village

00:12are in uproar.

00:13Those toilets were built in 1959, they are solid, there is nothing wrong with those,

00:20we don't need a unisex toilet, a lot of the older population around here just wouldn't

00:24want that anyway.

00:26The council just shut them without any consideration and any conversation with the local population,

00:33but unfortunately the council are now rather unwilling to reconsider opening them and properly

00:41talk about what can be done.

00:43It's an iconic building within Mepham, two, it serves our parish and probably more importantly

00:51it serves visitors to our parish, such as walkers, day-of-ears, van drivers, bus drivers,

00:58postmen, delivery men, everybody that serves our village needs to use these facilities.

01:04We're quite upset really about the fact that the toilets are closed because sometimes we

01:10need to go and it is vital for not just us but everyone in the community.

01:16Mepham Parish Council says it has structural concerns about the facility and that it is

01:21unfit for purpose.

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