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« on: February 17, 2014, 21:45:05 »
I'll leave the floor open for other pointless signs... But this one did make me wonder... And of course, a certain irony that it was a good ponder whilst in the throne room Lips sealed Grin Tongue Roll Eyes Shocked



Taken: 17/02/2014 - Location: Disabled Loo (Platform 10) - London Liverpool Street Station
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2014, 09:38:58 »
I am always bemused by this sign on Platform 1 at Weston Super Mare.

"Should you require any assistance... please feel free to ask a member of staff... on Platform 2"

In other words - if you need any help getting up these stairs, please go up the stairs, over the bridge, down another flight of stairs, find a member of staff and ask them to help you. Er.
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2014, 11:49:09 »
Quote from: the void on February 18, 2014, 09:38:58
I am always bemused by this sign on Platform 1 at Weston Super Mare.

"Should you require any assistance... please feel free to ask a member of staff... on Platform 2"

In other words - if you need any help getting up these stairs, please go up the stairs, over the bridge, down another flight of stairs, find a member of staff and ask them to help you. Er.

Pointless, and very frustrating for anyone with mobility issues.  Couldn't they have provided a number you could ring from your mobile, to call for assistance? Angry
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2014, 14:29:30 »
Quote from: Cynthia on February 18, 2014, 11:49:09
Quote from: the void on February 18, 2014, 09:38:58
I am always bemused by this sign on Platform 1 at Weston Super Mare.

"Should you require any assistance... please feel free to ask a member of staff... on Platform 2"

In other words - if you need any help getting up these stairs, please go up the stairs, over the bridge, down another flight of stairs, find a member of staff and ask them to help you. Er.

Pointless, and very frustrating for anyone with mobility issues.  Couldn't they have provided a number you could ring from your mobile, to call for assistance? Angry

This used to be the case at Chippenham for a while. If you needed to access the Platforms via step free access, you'd need to be taken across the track on a crossing escorted by staff member. Where we the staff members to be found?? In the office on the Island Platforms if the ticket office was closed... Roll Eyes Angry Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2014, 17:50:46 »
As an aside to thetrout's original post, and with due acknowledgement to the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) for their original picture:



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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2014, 14:00:04 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on February 19, 2014, 17:50:46
As an aside to thetrout's original post, and with due acknowledgement to the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) for their original picture:

And you say I need to get out more... Roll Eyes Grin Tongue Wink
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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2014, 19:42:09 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on February 19, 2014, 17:50:46
As an aside to thetrout's original post, and with due acknowledgement to the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) for their original picture:



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Somehow missed this post in the last few days. Top photoshopping work there fella.  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2014, 23:03:38 »

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« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2014, 23:12:30 »
Quote from: SDS pad on February 24, 2014, 23:03:38


So, that rules out Class 90s being dead hauled off the AC▸ (Alternating Current, or can mean Air Conditioning, depending on context. The second meaning is often used in a railway context and more generally) then?
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2014, 15:18:59 »
Quote from: thetrout on February 24, 2014, 14:00:04
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on February 19, 2014, 17:50:46
As an aside to thetrout's original post, and with due acknowledgement to the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) for their original picture:

And you say I need to get out more... Roll Eyes Grin Tongue Wink

Ooh, you cheeky monkey trout!  Shocked

Quote from: bignosemac on February 24, 2014, 19:42:09
Top photoshopping work there fella.  Grin Grin Grin

Thanks: I merely thought it was an amusing coincidence, both of the original pictures appearing on the Coffee Shop forum at much the same time.  Wink Cheesy Grin
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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