Toilet Clubs?

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Sunday February 21, 2010
Can anyone shed any light on 'Toilet Clubs'? Have seen a few straights recently on eBay that are marked as such and indeed managed to pick one up which is marked - "The Army & Navy Toilet Club, 24 Queen Victoria Street & 16&17 Poultry, EC"

Googling has turned up almost nothing (just this British Library reference to an advert: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/evanion/Record.aspx?EvanID=024-000002470&ImageIndex=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/evanion/Rec ... ageIndex=0</a><!-- m -->):


Does anyone know any more about these places?

Cheers

Grant
 
I've got a friend who's member of a Toilet Club. I'll give him a ring and set things in motion. Hopefully he'll come up trumps but he may just be blowing hot air. Either way it'll be a gas!
 
From the Oxford English dictionary:

[A Toilet Club was a barber's shop which, in the 19th century, offered reduced charges to clients who paid a regular quarterly or yearly subscription: OED]


Regards,
Neil