On This Day in 1810: The birth of George Jennings, an English sanitary engineer and plumber who invented the first public flush toilets. He specialised in designing toilets that were 'as perfect a sanitary closet as can be made'.

Jennings installed his Monkey Closets in the Retiring Rooms of The Crystal Palace. These were the first public toilets, and they caused great excitement. During the exhibition, 827,280 visitors paid one penny to use them; for the penny they got a clean seat, a towel, a comb and a shoe shine. "To spend a penny" became a euphemism for going to the toilet.

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Today's Felixstowe sunrise: 07.07

Today's Felixstowe sunset: 16.10

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Tide Times:

06:25 3.22m

12:51 0.96m

19:11 3.43m

Floodgates open

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Weather:

Very mild but with extensive low cloud, patchy mist and fog delivering spells of showery rain in places. Probably gradually brightening up into the afternoon, but still with one or two showers possible. Winds should stay light throughout. Maximum Temperature 15c, low of 9c.

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Orwell Bridge:

Open

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Quote of the day:

'The civilisation of a people can be measured by their domestic and sanitary appliances'

George Jennings

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Joke of the day:

Everyone is buying so much toilet paper

I feel like it's just flushing money down the toilet.

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Bus services:

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Train times and traffic hold ups

Ferry

Felixstowe to Bawdsey is now running.

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Today's Post Office Openings:

Bent Hill, Wolsey Garden – 10.30 – 12.30

Felixstowe, Hamilton Road - 09.00 – 15.00

Old Felixstowe, High Road, East – 09.00-17.30

Walton High Street – 08.15 – 17.30

Trimley High Road – 06.00 – 22.00

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Today's supermarket shop openings:

Co-op Hamilton Road – 08.00-20.00

Co-op Wadgate Road – 06.00-23.00

Co-op High Road West - 07.00-23.00

Co-op King Street – 06.00-23.00

Co-op Walton High Street 06.00-23.00

Morrison's – 07.00 – 21.00 (petrol 08.00-22.00)

Tesco metro – 07.00-22.00

Sainsbury's Warren Heath – 08.00-22.00

Lidl Langer Road: 08.00 – 21.00

Lidl Haven exchange: 08.00-21.00

Wear face covering. Respect social distancing rules and treat shop staff with respect.

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This weeks' surgeries and dispensary times:

Grove Medical centre 08.00-18.30 (283197)

Haven Health 08.00-18.30 (670107)

Howard House 09.00-17.00 (282706)

Felixstowe Community Hospital (458820)

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