History of Wigan   (Help with ancient and recent history.)

Just spotted this thread. Like Spud1, I too lived on Wigan Rd Bryn, but in the 1940s,The toilet had a metal container which was emptied weekly and new container was covered with pink antiseptic powder.The seat a wooden plank with a hole cut into it,also the traditional newspaper squares on a string. The adjoining middin or ashpit was emptied weekly by a dustman who jumped inside and shovelled all the ash & rubbish out on to the back street where his mate then shovelled it back up into the dustcart. Happy days, but not as Health & Safety conscious as today.