Are Long Dresses a Health and Safety Problem?
I seem to remember in the late 1960s, when women started to wear long dresses again regurlarly on the street, that the Underground warned them to be careful on escalators.
Now that such dresses are popular again, I am surprised that the warning has not been repeated in this Health and Safety obsessed world .
If you go back in history the first escalator on the Underground was installed in 1911 at Earl’s Court station. I’m not sure of my facts, but that surely was about the date, when skirts got a little bit shorter than floor length for general wear.
Do Posh Buildings Not Have Basements?
I have explored the basements of many important buildings like office blocks and hospitals, and usually find that they are made to work hard by putting all sorts of heavy equipment there. But it is always the basement and not like the luxurious private hospital where I was last week, where it’s the lower ground floor.
Above The Connaught Tunnel
I mentioned that the old Connaught Tunnel in London’s Docklands is going to be reused as part of CrossRail.
I took these pictures above it today.
To get to the area you take the Docklands Light Railway to either Prince Regent or Royal Albert stations.
Does This Notice Really Stop Theft?
Look at this picture, taken on a footbridge over the Royal Victoria Dock.
Sign on a Footbridge in Docklands
Does such a simple notice stop people nicking the wire for scrap?
It does of course assume that all thieves can read! Surely many take up a life of crime because they don’t have the education to do anything else!
I would also question the use of nil rather than no!
Gluten Free For Players At Wimbledon
According to The Times today, gluten free food is there if the players want it.
Very good!
The Anonymous Widower 