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MEMORY LANE: No longer privy to the unsavoury role of scavenger


A NOW long-forgotten occupation was that of the scavenger, or night soil-man.
He had the rather unsavoury task of emptying cesspits and middens, once the accepted repository of human waste.
Until the 19th century, when the earth closet – or privy – came into general use, toilets as we know them today were almost non-existent.
The privy was a small external building which housed the toilet facility. It consisted of a seat with a tub below it, or a rudimentary drain. Occasionally privvies provided seating for up to three people, including a child, making the call of nature a more sociable experience. ....

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