tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post4551736190810470246..comments2024-01-13T12:28:05.745+00:00Comments on Construction & Maintenance blog: More and more people - and blocksJo http://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-46191195530194165312016-07-08T21:32:01.119+01:002016-07-08T21:32:01.119+01:00Your broken plastic chair, reminded me that May la...Your broken plastic chair, reminded me that May last year I used someone's steel steps with plastic treads outside. While standing on the top if three treads, without any warning the tread shattered. I went through breaking the other two treads on the way, the weight of m body pushing me through. I ended up with a severely broken leg as my legs went through crossed. When the ambulance came, they had to send for the fire brigade to cut me out. I spent a month in hospital with having a metal pin put down the broken tibia and a twice broken fibula. I had a blood clot from the operation and other problems still suffering from. <br />The steps had been kept outside, the sunlight uv had degraded the plastic, which should have a warning label dated with a safe life untill. <br />A moral to the story, I shall think twice before standing or sitting on anything made of plastic. Sounds like Jim had a lucky escape.Steve Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690848806301527120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-9084631565753285952016-07-05T18:33:42.165+01:002016-07-05T18:33:42.165+01:00Thanks, Neil, I'll take a look.
I haven't ...Thanks, Neil, I'll take a look.<br />I haven't actually seen a GWR one anywhere on the railway so offers to lend a real one are still welcome.Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/05480195769830116100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-89870338248423725112016-07-05T16:56:30.622+01:002016-07-05T16:56:30.622+01:00The SVR have (or had at that time - 1970's), a...The SVR have (or had at that time - 1970's), a "PLEASE ADJUST YOUR DRESS" sign in their Gents toilet at Highley. May be still there or may have moved somewhere else on the SVR. Hope this may be of some use. Regards, Paul.St Blazey 1925https://www.blogger.com/profile/16697444840076235191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558174195550183084.post-9792503577851392922016-07-04T22:33:24.754+01:002016-07-04T22:33:24.754+01:00There is a 'Beware of Trains' sign of that...There is a 'Beware of Trains' sign of that type currently at the left hand end inside the grey L&NWR van on platform 2 at Winchcombe station. It may belong at the southern end of that platform. I do not know whether it is a genuine GWR sign or, more likely, a reproduction one. It could serve as a readlily accessible template.<br />Neil Herapath (Friends of Winchcombe Station)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561021326723519772noreply@blogger.com