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Title: Concessionary facilities for specific groups Post by: grahame on July 15, 2014, 03:52:53 Priority seats, disabled access, mother and toddler spaces ... and we've all seen offices where there's a director's car park near the entrance. How about this new one ...
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-06-27/outrage-over-women-only-parking-space-photo/ ... through it does remind me of the "ladies carriages" that were around until (?) the 1960s. Title: Re: Concessionary facilities for specific groups Post by: Worcester_Passenger on July 15, 2014, 09:15:50 I remember there being "ladies compartments" on suburban trains in South East London into the early 1960s. A green window sticker, whereas the no-smoking signs were red.
Meanwhile, the concession I enjoyed a few years ago was parking in the 'parent and child' spaces at a supermarket with my late mother, then about 85. Title: Re: Concessionary facilities for specific groups Post by: Chris from Nailsea on July 15, 2014, 10:38:52 Reminds me of this ... ;)
Title: Re: Concessionary facilities for specific groups Post by: trainer on July 15, 2014, 11:00:07 Well, Chris, I'm glad you posted this hilarious cartoon - I wouldn't want the flack that will now follow. ;D
Title: Re: Concessionary facilities for specific groups Post by: SDS on July 15, 2014, 14:12:53 (http://www.autofahrer.ch/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/frauenparkplatz.jpg)
Title: Re: Concessionary facilities for specific groups Post by: ChrisB on July 15, 2014, 14:25:46 Says a lot, that photo!
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