Monday
This is a �building� about the size of a couple of telephone booths. These are built and include an assortment of wheels and tended by two or three people. There was no light inside unless by error. Prevalent in England, mostly, but also Germany, France, United States, and Mexico. This was a eighteenth and ninteenth century mechanism but was around in the 20th too.
The building was entered by stairs. Typically had a shelf within and, of course, a sort of bench seat. Most had a metal ring anchored to one wall from which a rope was attached. Most had a signaling flag. Some included an option, perhaps misnamed, a �dipper�. Some had two doors, some had a hole (or two). The building was wood with either solid walls or canvas. Some were plain, others were ornately decorated. I�m told the HM the Queen availed herself of the �building� more than once. I�ve seen pictures where these items were grouped together in groups of five to twenty in a ragged line depending on the venue. The typical stay was about fifteen minutes and were exclusive to that person for the time they used the �building��although the item could be shared with another, but almost exclusively of the same gender.
What was the item called?