Restroom appliances
OK what is this? I came across this in a restroom cubicle in a 60s office block I was visiting recently.
I have no idea what it is and its purpose was far from obvious based on visual inspection alone. I didn’t try opening any doors or turning any handles, for fear of starting something I wasn’t prepared to go through with!
It looks like an oven…but that’s a thought I don’t even want to think about. Something to do with disposal of drug paraphernalia also came to mind, but it looks like original equipment for the building and thus predates ‘sharps’ boxes in toilets.
The badge on the bottom plate says “SUGG Westminster”. Means nothing to me.
The first to explain this mystery will receive a suspicious look followed by a “how the hell do you know that?”.
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OK it appears this is a feminine hygiene product incinerator (thanks Eric for the suggestion). Some research has revealed that SUGG were a gas appliance manufacturer, although they now only make lighting appliances. I can’t imagine I like the idea of roasting a pad over a gas flame in a confined space.
So this set of toilets were obviously originally intended as the womens, so I wonder if there is a urinal in the toilets next door? (And yes I was in the correct one!)
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