[modeleng] Re: are ye all trying to tell me something...

It all sounds a bit over the top to me.


> There is one in the Attenborough Tower at Leicester University as well.  I
think it has 18 floors.  Lots of people went over the top in it.
>
>   Best wishes,
>
>   Jem Harrison
>   Basildon
> Tony Wells <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   FWIW, Leeds University has/had them too. Dunno about any accidents there
> with them though.
>
> Tony Wells.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter J. Cathcart"
>
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 4:12 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: are ye all trying to tell me something...
>
>
> > Barrie
> >
> > The Paternoster lift you are talking about was in the Claremont Tower at
> > Newcastle University. I was a law student and our lecture rooms were on
> > the
> > 9th floor. I think there were 12 floors in all. It was a very fast way
> > of
> > getting to studies. We were all told under no circumstances to "go over
> > the
> > top" and back down again because it might cause instability as the
"cars"
> > moved apart as each went over the top. Needless to say we occasionally
> > ignored the advice.
> >
> > I gather from news I heard afterwards, when I'd left, that the girl
> > student
> > was going over the top and the previous concern about instability proved
> > to
> > be well founded and she was crushed.
> >
> > Very sad.
> >
> > Peter Cathcart
> >
>
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