There are two air raid shelters in Ryton Willows, as well as other Second World War features such trenches and shower / toilet rooms with tiles, etc . still visible, next to a railway line that was apparently used to bring children up from London.
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I can see calling it a toilet room, but just calling it a toilet seems like it could lead to trouble : " Quick, get a locksmith, I'm stuck in the toilet " . . . " In that case, shouldn't we get a plumber ? ".
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In 1961 and 1962, during the tenure of the Rev . C . Lawson Willard, 1940 70, in an event called " The Big Dig ", the church was substantially enlarged by digging out under the church floor to create not a crypt or basement, but an English-inspired " undercroft " with choir rooms, classrooms, toilet rooms, a kitchen and meeting hall.
