Back in the days I started the pitch was a field full of sheep with a fence to keep them off the wicket. They literally did have a pot to piss in, it was masquerading as a toilet. Players and families back in the mid-late 70s worked long hours on lifting turf, leveling (with landfill rubble) and relaying the turf. The clubhouse didn't have running water or electricity. It's come a long way since then.