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• At 2011.03.31 08:53, d.b. said:

  That sign is really funny! Down here, we have a similar concept spreading. it’s called “nette toilette” (friendly toilet). Since the town is really short of public lavatories, shops and cafes opening theirs to the non-consuming public get funding from the city authorities. Kind of a win-win-win situation for everyone.

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  • At 2011.03.31 20:01, Beth said:

    It makes a change to hear of good toilet news… over here LOADS of councils are closing their public loos - in Manchester there will only be ONE public toilet. Some councils are closing them all. I don’t know about Newcastle… the fact I’ve never heard anything about closures round here gives me hope!

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• At 2011.03.31 11:44, Y,H. said:

  im an international student studying in Newcastle, and enjoy the daily photo you take in Newcastle:)
  i love talking picture as well:) welcome to my site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/When-were-on-the-Road/198368386842093?sk=wall

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  • At 2011.03.31 20:01, Beth said:

    Thanks for the link - will check it out soon!

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  • At 2011.04.03 00:55, Mike said:

    A street artist called Mobstr created the street art with the two figures on your Facebook post. He created much more street art in Newcastle. See his Flickr photostream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobstr/

    Also, famous street artist Hush, has a new studio in Newcastle. See more street art projects here:
    http://www.unit-44.com/blog/

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• At 2011.03.31 12:03, CGP said:

  what? the loo on the top floor of monument mall is my secret emergency loo!

  i’m going to have to find another one now.

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  • At 2011.03.31 20:03, Beth said:

    What - is it only good to use loos if you’re not really supposed to?!? ;)

    Or are you just worried they’re going to get too busy? I don’t think it’s going to be a major problem - they’re still up two floors and also the signs aren’t exactly huge :)

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    • At 2011.03.31 20:59, CGP said:

      yeah, it’s the fact that they were always empty and clean that did it for me.

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• At 2011.04.01 22:07, Peter said:

  The “Use Our Loos” project was started by NE1 (Newcastle Business Improvement District) on 1st March this year.

  I think it is actually a very good idea!

  The participating locations are listed on the NE1 Website . . .

  NE1 Website - http://www.newcastlene1ltd.com/news-events.aspx

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