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« Reply #30 on: April 18, 2008, 08:23:41 » |
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Next there will be a large sign warning:
"Beware of the Rubber Mat & Fence - Tripping Hazard"
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"Beware of the sign"
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« Reply #31 on: April 18, 2008, 13:45:21 » |
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I turned a corner in a corridor at work and tripped over a little yellow 'Beware slippery floor ' sign. It's all H&S▸ madness. Like the one by hot taps saying this water might be hot.
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« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2008, 14:38:20 » |
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The Greatest H & S lunacy must be the,
Warning: CONTAINS NUTS,
On a packet of NUTS.
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John R
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« Reply #33 on: April 19, 2008, 17:56:59 » |
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And returning to the subject in hand, picture 11 shows clearly the supports for the old station building, long demolished.
It's not only the disabled that have a problem with the steps on the down platform, as I found out last night whilst lugging a massive suitcase down the steps. But I guess that is a minor inconvenience compared with someone less able bodied, and anyway is repeated at stations up and down the country.
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« Reply #34 on: April 23, 2008, 21:40:20 » |
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One bit of good news, however, John - re: your related post at http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=2232.msg16900#msg16900 - the announcements were actually working again this morning at Nailsea & Backwell!  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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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« Reply #35 on: April 23, 2008, 23:56:04 » |
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Indeed they are. Now all we need is a ticket operative.
By the way, do you think the new station furniture at the platform ends is being installed at unstapped stations because passengers were wandering off the ramps to be off limits for a smoke? Haven't seen it happen, but it's just a theory I considered in an idle moment yesterday.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #36 on: April 24, 2008, 00:14:19 » |
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No, I'm not convinced they're 'anti-smoker' barriers, John. Last time I saw a member of FGW▸ staff actually manning Nailsea one morning, he was standing just here - puffing away! http://www.raildocuments.org.uk/apr08photos/130408nailsea13.jpg   |
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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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« Reply #38 on: September 22, 2008, 20:37:51 » |
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Machine at Nailsea was looking very sad this morning. Looked like someone had taken an axe to it yesterday.
Indeed, John: the amount of damage caused did seem to be rather terminal for that poor machine.  This morning, most of the machine's insides were strewn on the platform around it: by this evening, the shell of the machine had been covered in a black plastic bag, and its insides swept into a neat pile at its base. Helpfully, a note on the black plastic bag explains that the machine is 'out of service due to vandalism'. However, the incident will have been recorded on the CCTV▸ camera overlooking platform 2, so the culprit(s) should soon be apprehended. And perhaps the opportunity will be taken to instal any replacement machine inside the shelter, so it doesn't have a hissy fit every time there's a bit of rain. I live in hope.   |
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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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« Reply #39 on: September 22, 2008, 21:41:01 » |
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they must of done the rounds last night keynsham was also smashed up.
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« Reply #40 on: September 22, 2008, 22:14:10 » |
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Word seems to be getting round the criminal fraternity that ticket machines are a worthwhile target. Chiltern Railways has been hit hard all along the line recently, see http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/latest-news/fastticket/. Suppose they are an easier target than a bank cash machine, since they're free-standing, not built into walls. While the CCTV▸ may have recorded something, I expect the culprits will have brought along their balaclavas. It doesn't look like BTP▸ have much clue over the Chiltern incidents, since they began with a couple in Bucks and then seem to have spread up the line over a period of weeks. |
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« Reply #41 on: September 23, 2008, 07:06:08 » |
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Sad to say that I always thought it was asking for trouble installing these ticket machines at unstaffed stations as they are easy targets for theives.
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« Reply #42 on: September 23, 2008, 14:24:27 » |
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Yeah it doesn't matter whether it's actually possible to get money out of them, people are going to try anyway.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #43 on: September 23, 2008, 18:44:10 » |
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At Nailsea & Backwell, we still have the ticket machine on the footpath below platform 1. However, that machine is not covered by the CCTV▸ camera, so I suspect it's only a matter of time before that machine too suffers the fate of the nearby telephone kiosk - which gets vandalised every other Friday night, as far as I can make out ... Perhaps the answer is to follow the example set by Chiltern: Machines along our route that have not been broken into will now only be accepting cards.
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William Huskisson MP▸ 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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« Reply #44 on: September 23, 2008, 19:30:55 » |
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I hope the would-be thieves were wearing gloves - not for fingerprint purposes, but have you seen the state of the touch screens on most of these machines ? Yuk !!
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