Landlady of the Traders Inn, Treasa Sweeney, said they have had to deal with more people who are not customers coming in to use the pub toilets since the closure.

She said: “I’m not very fond of having locks on my toilet doors, but I have to now. I don’t want the customers who want to use them suffering from that.” A petition calling for the reopening said: “It is an indispensable part of the market for local people, visitors and market traders.”

If this had happened at St Christopher’s Place WC, its closure wouldn’t have been tolerated for this long and would have been sorted straight away.

If you want to sign the petition to get the public toilets opened again asap, please do so on this link.