Exhibition lifts lid on Stratford's toilets

STRATFORD’S latest exhibition lifts the lid on the town’s historical loos. Visitors to The Old Slaughterhouse Heritage and Arts Centre can now take a pew in what is probably the town’s smallest exhibition located in the loo of Escape Arts off Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.

The tongue-in-cheek exhibition offers a potted history of Stratford’s latrines and gets to the bottom of Britain’s fascination with tales from the toilet seat.

The exhibition will be a permanent feature within the heritage centre transforming toilet experiences for everyone. Eight exhibition boards and a number historical artefacts including soaps, old adverts, make-up compacts and razors help illustrate a journey through time and sheds light on the tiny gentleman’s toilet in Ely Street that dates to Victorian times.

Diligent research by Warwick University graduate Anna Campbell-Hall has created the exhibition which she undertook during a six week internship with Escape Arts over Christmas and the New Year.

Anna was flushed with pride recently when the loo exhibition was officially opened by former Stratford mayors Juliet Short and Cyril Bennis, with a helping hand from local businessman and historian Simon Kirby who has also contributed to the exhibition