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Mar 2019
10:13am, 27 Mar 2019
17,422 posts
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Dvorak
Are there stairs in from an upper floor? How was it accessed in the centuries before lifts?
Good to see an old school Bravomat style pot in the picture (another lower tech solution which may come back, I reckon).
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Mar 2019
10:13am, 27 Mar 2019
41,579 posts
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GlennR
Dougal, there are no stairs from the ground floor to level 1, but there are from level 1 to 2, all four of them.
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Mar 2019
10:14am, 27 Mar 2019
5,997 posts
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g1ngerrevolution
Ah. There you go. That makes perfect sense. Thanks for clarifying.
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Mar 2019
10:16am, 27 Mar 2019
10,565 posts
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Badger
I'm guessing the stairs used to be where the lift is now?
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Mar 2019
11:29am, 27 Mar 2019
41,581 posts
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GlennR
Badger, you should know it's not as logical as that. There is perfectly good stairs access via the Old Schools front door and either the Syndicate Room or the East Room. Unfortunately the former is often in use for meetings and latter is currently occupied as offices by part of the HR department, so is not a through route.
The lift, I believe, was installed as a way of providing disabled access to the Combination Room, but then morphed into the default entrance.
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Mar 2019
11:36am, 27 Mar 2019
29,292 posts
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Hendo
Dear colleagues,
Several marches, demonstrations and events are scheduled to take place in central London throughout the day on Friday, 29 March.
The areas where most of these will take place are Parliament Square, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square and Leicester Square.
Our building security will continuously monitor the situation and implement a building lockdown if needed.
If you have meetings with external guests, or non-essential deliveries scheduled for Friday, you may wish to rearrange these. If this is not possible please make sure to alert reception in advance. You might also like to inform your visitors.
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Mar 2019
12:27pm, 27 Mar 2019
10,567 posts
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Badger
It actually seemed quite daft enough to provide disabled access by removing all other ways in and out bar defenestration, to be fair, Glenn!
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Mar 2019
9:15am, 28 Mar 2019
41,618 posts
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GlennR
I’m very please to say that the Combination Room lift has been fully repaired and is back in use to all levels.
Best wishes
[Till the next time]
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Mar 2019
9:29am, 28 Mar 2019
30,927 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
[I'm actually very encouraged by Hendo's company's notice!]
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Mar 2019
12:29pm, 28 Mar 2019
111,558 posts
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GregP
I now learn we have a GTRET Rural Engagement Team.
[feel free to google 'GTRET Essex Police' - it's completely safe]
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