New public lavatory could be built in Lanark to mark Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

To be strictly accurate, the proposed Jubilee Toilets would be the rebirth of the old lavatory block in the Castlegate opposite Lidl’s store, closed a decade ago to make way for a housing development.

The fact that the flats planned for the site were never built and the gap site remains a litter-strewn eyesore in the heart of the burgh partly inspired the suggestion of a new lavatory as the Royal Burgh’s official Jubilee tribute when the issue came up at Monday night’s meeting of the town’s Community Council.

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