At your convenience

Last Thursday, I had the enormous pleasure of officially opening the new toilets in the town. I was joined by several Town Councillors and Cllr John Gilbert, Parish Councillor from Great Horwood who sits on the AVDC New Homes Bonus Panel representing the Aylebsury Vale Association of Local Councils. And it was lovely to see Ms Una Robinson who was representing the Buckingham and Winslow Access For All Group (see Accessible Buckingham for more information) who also came along.

Here is the speech I made:

Welcome to all fellow councillors, past Mayors, esteemed guests and town council officers. 

My thanks go to you all, especially the Town Clerk and his team, for navigating us here. Also, thanks of course to AVDC which had the foresight to agree some time ago to top slice the New Homes Bonus monies awarded them by central government for projects such as this in the towns and parishes of the District most affected by new homes. 

So... it has been a long journey to get here. We have had to go down many new paths and some cul-de-sacs, we have to cross (and not cross) many roads, fingers and legs... all in our six year quest to provide convenience and relief to the people of Buckingham and all our visitors.

It is, I am sure, our collective ambition that these toilets will help to make Buckingham an even better place in which to live, visit, work, play, study and spend pennies... lots of pennies and lots of pounds!

And so without further ado, I declare these facilities officially open!

Many people probably won't get to see the inside of the very rare "changing places" toilet that is designed for people with significant multiple challenges. It includes an adult size changing table (that rises and falls like the sink) and a hoist too. The loo comes with a built in bidet tap as well! Here are some pics I took.

 This is a great facility to have in the town!