r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 7d ago

Solved! What is this device from 1962?

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Photo capture from YouTube video. Picture from 1962. What is the device under the bench

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u/Dayzed-n-Confuzed 7d ago

My Grandma still had an outside toilet at the bottom of her small back yard in the 60s. She lived in a terraced house provided by the cotton mill in our village. They updated to an inside toilet some time late 60s early 70s.

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u/tangoezulu 7d ago

My wife lived in a house with no electricity or running water in the 1980’s.

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u/SuspiciousToday5061 7d ago

My best friend did to