Gail Ramster

Lemon Knows I'm Miserable Now.

campaign to stop putting salt in caramel.

‘Mama if someone’s not got a care in the world are they actually really sad?’
Cycling my son to secondary.

Thank you! Great story and very relatable

Except when she eavesdropped on a private medical procedure, but then that was very Wendy and very Erinsborough Hospital.

An image of a man and a woman holding placards outside a closed accessible toilet. The placards read ‘No loos, we all lose’ and the other placard has ‘London Loo Alliance’ logo

An image of a door with a sign for an accessible and changing place toilet. Beneath this sign is a notice reading ‘DISABLE TOILETS - NOT IN USE DUE TO REPAIRS. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE’

A group of people holding placards with different slogans about public toilet provision, the London Loo Alliance logo and a large banner with the Loos for Haringey logo.

Where have the toilets gone?! Delighted to be joined by Loos for Haringey and Loos for Lambeth members.

@inclusionlondon.bsky.social

📍Turnpike Lane

A group of people standing holding placards for the London Loo Alliance outside the Seven Sisters Station

A man holding a placard saying ‘let people go when they’re on the go!’

A woman in a hi vis jacket holding a magnifying glass inspecting an accessible toilet

📍Inspecting the toilets at Seven Sisters Station

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@gaillyk.bsky.social

'A joy to read'. 'A call to arms'. 'Actually quite interesting'. Some of my favourite reviews this #WorldToiletDay. Happy reading 🚽📚🚾.

But all-in-all, a good start on the toilet front (station accessibility not withstanding). I'm looking forward to TfL keeping up the momentum – or even doing more – whilst taking pride providing transport - and toilets - for London. 🥳
Thanks @ageuklondon.bsky.social for phenomenal organisation!

Single-sheet toilet dispenser with small London Overground roundel sticker, on white beveled brick-style tiles.

There are three refurbished toilets - accessible, unisex and a private staff toilet. The unisex loo had just been vandalised (People!), knocking the hand dryer off the wall. The platform staff seemed pretty frustrated, understandably, so I didn't take a photo, except of the branded paper dispenser.

Two people in high-vis, one using crutches, on a station platform under an Overground sign saying Toilets with male, female and wheelchair user symbols.

It won't be perfect – that's almost impossible, with contrasting needs. The button flush (on the side) looks awkward. The door hook is very high. The mirrors could be confusing. But users will decide. Was the toilet marked as having baby-change? Access is via RADAR lock (staff have a key too)

Wall of a toilet cubicle, with white beveled tiles and wood-effect link floor. On the wall is a baby-changing fold-down table, two dark grey hooks (one in-line with the table, one above this) and a full-length mirror. The mirror shows reflection of a low-level hand-rinse basin with lever tap, dark grey handrails and soap dispenser. At picture-rail height is a single row of orange tiles.

There's a full-length mirror, another requirement of the accessible toilet, and three hooks, also contrasting. As well as the accessibility effort, I appreciate the line of Overground orange beveled tiles. Without this, it would be bleak, sterile, and devoid of 160+ years of proud design history.

Single-sheet toilet paper dispenser, dark grey grab rails, white beveled tiles in a brick-layout, stainless steel shelf for stoma-bag use, and red alarm cord hanging freely.

There are lots of features required by the accessible toilet to help different needs - lever taps (arm/hand strength), grab rails (stability), single-sheet dispenser (grip), shelf (stoma-friendly), contrasting toilet seat (dementia-friendly), some visual contrast and an alarm cord hanging freely.

A wheelchair-accessible toilet. Everything is grey except for wood-effect flooring, dark grey toilet seat and grab rails, and a line of orange tiles at picture rail height shown in the mirror reflection.

This is an upgrade to existing loos, adding an accessible toilet. Seven Sisters is not an accessible station, so it's a curious move, but does keep open the option to invest in step-free access in the future. The loo also has space for carers, pushchairs, children and people with mobility aids.

A person in high-vis being photographed posing at an inspector in an accessible toilet.

This #WorldToiletDay, the London Loo Alliance (pictured) @londonlooalliance.bsky.social are checking, one year on, on TfL's commitment to improve toilet access on their network. I joined other members at Seven Sisters Overground Station.

So, how's the loo looking? 🧵

A light blue box with dark blue text reading ‘This #WorldToiletDay, the London Loo Alliance are touring London’s TfL network to spotlight the urgent need for improved public toilet access and investigate progress made so far.’ Underneath is an image of approximately 20 people standing and sitting holding a large banner with the London Loo Alliance logo on.

#WorldToiletDay is TODAY! 🚽

🔍Today, the London Loo Alliance will be touring the transport network to inspect some of TfL’s public toilet facilities to see which stations are ‘on a roll’ and which stations are ‘loos’ing out.

✅Follow @londonlooalliance.bsky.social for more details!

Today is #worldtoiletday 🚽💧 Clean toilets are essential for safe water. In fact, water, sanitation and solid waste management are interconnected.

Take a look at our project together with Makerere University that show the daily life of two towns in Uganda

👉 www.eawag.ch/fileadmin/Do...

To go or not to go: The challenges of UK public toilet provision The United Kingdom's public toilet provision currently faces many challenges. This paper sets out some of the key barriers to providing inclusive toil…

Happy World Toilet Day
Here’s a paper I wrote with @gaillyk.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Before tomorrow’s fallout with the affair and the pregnancy and the faking Gary’s death etc could we quickly acknowledge that a vintage rocking horse is a shit baby present #neighbours

What a horrible thing to say 😱

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We’re running free training in how to use our new improved street accessibility tool at the Guildhall in London this Friday and next Tuesday. It’ll include a case study on how it was used at Bank Junction. Open to anyone who works in street design. More details in the thread.👇

Sign on the back of a toilet door. In marker pen it reads ‘while you’re not doing it someone else is getting ahead’. In different handwriting it says ‘comparison is the thief of joy’. A mental health sticker is in the corner.

Quite the debate breaking out at Coventry Station ladies toilets.

Does Paul live there? He’s in-and-out so much it’s hard to track. So it’s more about David than Aaron.

Heart rate graph with a sharp 8am peak to 156bpm

Who needs morning cardio over 5 minutes of live TV.

Bagsy sending @jo-anneb.bsky.social

I’m an academic on the telly! Life ambition unlocked.

Thank you! Love the alt-text. I could feel myself waving my hands, unable to stop.

Wee, the people, need better public toilets! | Jo-Anne Bichard and Gail Ramster on Designing Inclusive Public Toilets How do you design public toilets/public restrooms to be accessible for all? Jo-Anne Bichard and Gail Ramster talk us through truly inclusive design.

In today's blog post, @jo-anneb.bsky.social ‪and @gaillyk.bsky.social talk us through "Designing Inclusive Public Toilets," and why if designers can get these facilities right, they can design anything accessibly.

➡️ Read now: bit.ly/3TIXnEd

#AcWri #AcademicSky #accessibility

Yeah no can't think of another way you'd move a train engine. @ Walthamstow International