asperity Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 When I came home for my last leave on 8th May the "up" escalator from the bus station to Golden Square was out of action. I had my leave, went away for 2 months and come home to find it still in the same condition. Some advert for the jewel in the crown of the town centre shopping experience. What is happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Probably some of our upright citizens repeatedly dropping rubbish into the workings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Probably some of our upright citizens repeatedly dropping rubbish into the workings. We have upright citizens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Not on a Saturday on Bridge Street!! The point is, why has the escalator been out of action for over 3 months?? I've e mailed Golden Square but, probably wisely, am not holding my breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egbert Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Are we sure the escalator WAS out of action for the whole of the three months? Historically, it has frequently broken down for the reasons stated in my earlier post. But usually it is repaired within a couple of days or even quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 It was out of action for the 5 weeks I was home, and the scaffolding staircase in place over it looks semi-permanent to me, with no sign of engineers working on fixing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianR Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 that stair case has been on it for months. I go through the bus station daily and have seen no attempt to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 maybe they can't afford a translator for the instruction manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 One of the Polish drivers should be able to help out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Careful chaps.... kije will be here in a minute to call you all filthy racists for using such terrible words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevofaz25 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Likely waiting for parts from some far flung corner of the world ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 filthy racist!!!!!! i will have you know that in every race that i have entered i have always had a shower before the race actually came second in the 100 metres once. was only beaten by the guy from british gas i know from experience that getting an instruction manual translated can be very expensive. when at daresbury they invested in a new all singing all dancing milling machine. the instruction manual was in German. a local translation service wanted about ?50 per page to translate it and that was over twenty years back. ok so technical translations are more expensive than translating a letter from a friend. but this is because they have to make sure that they get the translation right. one word wrong and a few thousand pounds worth of machinery becomes so much scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 I received this reply from Golden Square today. It explains things somewhat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RENT-A-GOAT Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 31 years old? Did they reuse the original ones from the old bus station? They look pretty new to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 well you can't say the council aren't committed to recycling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I always thought they were new too. Great what a lick of paint can do eh if they are the old ones Why do they need escalators anyway? I turn them into stairs to keep everyone fit and those less able could use the nearby lifts I've just saved them a fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMCnNDI-VqU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Brilliant...... I want one !!!! I guess for health and safety reasons they wont catch on but I recon Beethovens Fur Elise should be possible without breaking any legs. I might just try it on my stairs now (whilst humming the notes of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Signs up now saying they're 31 years old and beyond economic repair. Not going to install new until after Christmas as the work will close the bus station entrance to Golden Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Why do they need escalators anyway? I turn them into stairs to keep everyone fit and those less able could use the nearby lifts Doesn't quite work like that Diz as some people can't use lifts due to being claustrophobic my wife being one of them!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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