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Previously on "London's Worst Attraction"

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    The travelator was probably for accessibility. Can't expect people to have to use their legs.
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...res-CLOSE.html

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  • d000hg
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    The travelator is probably for accessibility. Can't expect people to have to use their legs.

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

    That's new! I definitely recall being able to stand and put my snotty nose right up to the glass
    me too excluding the snotty nose!

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  • ravenshaw
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    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-59906865

    Marble Arch Mound: Much-mocked tourist attraction to close

    The Marble Arch Mound, which was supposed to attract people back into the heart of the city, charged visitors up to £8 when it opened in July.

    However, the £6m artificial hill was forced to close temporarily when plants and grass began to die on the structure surrounded by scaffolding.

    Scheduled to run until January, it shuts for the final time on Sunday.

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  • ravenshaw
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    The West End's newest tourist experience opened to the public on Monday, with tickets to climb the man-made hill at the end of Oxford Street starting at £4.50.
    Perhaps they were hoping for something like this?

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    Last edited by ravenshaw; 28 July 2021, 17:27.

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  • SueEllen
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    Good review.

    Looks truly tulip.

    It may become an attraction because it is so bad.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by Destiny2 View Post
    I thought it was the Tower of London. Long queues everywhere and you cannot even stand and admire plot how to steal the crown jewels. There is a flat escalator in front of them!
    FTFY

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

    That's new! I definitely recall being able to stand and put my snotty nose right up to the glass
    so only a couple of weeks old?

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by Destiny2 View Post
    I thought it was the Tower of London. Long queues everywhere and you cannot even stand and admire the crown jewels. There is a flat escalator in front of them!
    Correct terminology is 'travelator' or 'moving walkway' I spent years wondering what to call them so looked it up.

    https://www.stannahlifts.co.uk/produ...oving-walkways

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    But have you visited it?

    What was it like?
    Review Englishman Who Walked Up Marble Arch Mound And Came Down £5 Poorer (bleedingcool.com) from an old uni friend.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by Destiny2 View Post
    I thought it was the Tower of London. Long queues everywhere and you cannot even stand and admire the crown jewels. There is a flat escalator in front of them!
    That's new! I definitely recall being able to stand and put my snotty nose right up to the glass

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  • Destiny2
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    I thought it was the Tower of London. Long queues everywhere and you cannot even stand and admire the crown jewels. There is a flat escalator in front of them!

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  • Mordac
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    Well done to Westminster Council for launching an attraction designed to mug off foreign tourists during a period when foreign tourism is effectively banned. The only way they could possibly rescue this shambles is if they re-introduced public hangings at Tyburn (which for non-locals was at almost exactly the same spot) and charged a bit more, they'd make a killing (if you pardon the pun).

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  • Paddy
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    It appears to be aimed at home sick Welsh who miss their coal tip slag heaps.

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  • ladymuck
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    But have you visited it?

    What was it like?
    No, not been up that way. I might take a wander next weekend

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