26th May 2007, 04:47 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Beardstroker
Oh God. Elsan toilet stories....I remember a story told to me by a old CEU hand (possibly Kevin W's mate) about a couple of volunteers on one of the larger 1970's sites who were detailed to empty the somewhat brimming bucket.
I was happy to volunteer to empty the Elsan buckets at Balksbury '81, cos we had no hot water on site. But if you emptied the Elsans you got to use the Water Board hut adjacent to the site to wash-up in and they had hot and cold running water (so what was supposed to be just hand-washing turned into a 'bed-bath' type 'shower'). Thinking back on my career since, I guess the Balksbury Bogs might actually have been a high point.
I remember we had to work on the day of Chas and Di's wedding, which was possibly a national holiday for the rest of the Empire....