{"id":52149,"date":"2017-04-18T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/campaign-to-improve-image-of-the-bidet-archive-18-april-1963\/"},"modified":"2017-04-18T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T04:00:47","slug":"campaign-to-improve-image-of-the-bidet-archive-18-april-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/campaign-to-improve-image-of-the-bidet-archive-18-april-1963\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign to improve image of the bidet – archive, 18 April 1963"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n18 April 1963: Bidet has become a dirty word but British prudery is depriving the country of the most hygienic washing appliance of them allThe Council of British Sanitary Pottery Manufacturers has launched a 12-months\u2019 campaign to improve the image of what is in Britain a rude five-letter word \u2013 bidet. British prudery was depriving the country of the most hygienic washing appliance of them all, Mr W. G. Wright, a member of the council, claimed yesterday in London in a lecture on British sanitary standards sponsored by the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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