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THE HIDDEN ROOM

Johnny Ragland

The Hidden Room

A Short History of the ÒPrivyÓ

Johnny Ragland

Kingston University, Faculty of Art, Design and Music,

New Design Centre, St. Plten, Austria

BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design.

February 2004

To my grandmother, who died in 2003 aged 100.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

· Amalienbad, Reumannplatz 23, Vienna for generously giving me their last

copy of ÒUnsere BaederÓ

Elderfield, Colin, Resident plumber and consultant for antique bathrooms

at Drummonds, Hindhead

· Lischka, Fritz, Founder of the Sanitaermuseum Gmunden, Gmunden

McGowan, Paul, Buyer of antique bathrooms at Walcote Reclamation, Bath

The Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London with its helpful staff

· Stieg, Peter, Founder of the Sanitaermuseum Wien

Woolliscrost, Terry Curator at Twyfords Museum, Stoke-on-Trent

Special thanks to Mag. Monika Huber for her help in the National Library,

Vienna and her help with translating text from German to English

Warren, Michael of Kingston University

Finally I would like to thank my mother for lending me her car for my

research while in England

ÐA fifty yardsÓ walk to the lavatory or the dustbin is not exactly an inducement

to be cleanÑ. George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937 (Eveleigh, 2002,

p. 163).

The Hidden Room - A Short History of the ‘Privy’ by Johny Ragland (2004).pdf