There are still parts which don't have them. I'm reminded of a person doing a survey in Wales, back when a lot of houses didn't have indoor plumbing, who went round trying to find out how bad the situation was. At a lot of farms he found that the answer was that they didn't have even outside plumbing. "What do you do, then?" he asked. The answer seemed to be in most cases "We go into Caernarvon [the nearest city] once a week!"
(Actually, they were too embarassed to admit that they used a board across a stream or behind a bush, but he imagined all these farm people queueing up in the city every week. Talk about constipation...)
Incidentally, this was in the 1970s as I recall, only 30 years ago...
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Date: 2003-11-15 06:19 am (UTC)(Actually, they were too embarassed to admit that they used a board across a stream or behind a bush, but he imagined all these farm people queueing up in the city every week. Talk about constipation...)
Incidentally, this was in the 1970s as I recall, only 30 years ago...