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I’ve been all the way around in the paternoster. It was quite noisy in the enclosed space at each end, if I remember.
We used to tell new arrivals that the lift cabin turned over at the ends, so they must get out before then, or they would reappear upside down!!
The Sheffield one was in the Arts Tower. We were engineers and were based down the road, but we had occasion to visit from time to time. There were often queues at busy times on the ground floor. The engineers solved the problem by walking up a floor and getting the “down” lift, going round the bottom and already occupying the lift cabin when it reappeared at the ground floor.
We used to tell new arrivals that the lift cabin turned over at the ends, so they must get out before then, or they would reappear upside down!!
The Sheffield one was in the Arts Tower. We were engineers and were based down the road, but we had occasion to visit from time to time. There were often queues at busy times on the ground floor. The engineers solved the problem by walking up a floor and getting the “down” lift, going round the bottom and already occupying the lift cabin when it reappeared at the ground floor.
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Seems that the lift provided a lot of entertainment one way and another aero .
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slimpersoninside wrote:Paternoster lifts must have been a feature of universities, the only other one I've come across was in the LSE.
Anyone gone over the top or under the bottom? .
Yes, there was one at Imperial College round the corner from the Royal College of Music when I was there in the 70s and allegedly, stressed students used to try to use it to take their own lives ... I don't know if that was true or not!
I went on it once out of curiosity, I recall.
On re-reading, edited to add a comma after allegedly
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i'd never come across them until now. they sound like a circular version of a man engine.
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As an alumna of Sheffield University (73-76), I too have ridden the Paternoster lift round the bottom and the top. As a maths student I didn't go to the Arts Tower very often but it was always fun finding an excuse to visit!
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The first Paternoster I came across was right at the end of the '60s, at Northwick Park Hospital. It was looked on with great suspicion by some of the older members of staff. Was popular with some of the men as that was the age of the mini-skirt!
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Sadly the paternoster at Northwick Park had gone by my day
The only one I remember was in a department store in Zurich, we encountered it on a school skiing trip. We were fascinated and terrified in equal measure
I’m sure I read a murder mystery that involved a paternoster lift, ring any bells?
The only one I remember was in a department store in Zurich, we encountered it on a school skiing trip. We were fascinated and terrified in equal measure
I’m sure I read a murder mystery that involved a paternoster lift, ring any bells?
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I'd never heard of them either. They look seriously good fun! What a pity there are so few left.
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I had to look up 'paternoster' too.....!!
Not for me - I am seriously suspicious of any form of lift as it is.......
Not for me - I am seriously suspicious of any form of lift as it is.......
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Come to Wuppertal, find "Rathaus Barmen" during work hours, go up the front stairs, walk through the entrance, up half a flight of steps and turn right.
Once you have had enough, go back down the stairs and leave the building, go right under the arches and then look towards the right where you will find a former Art Nouveau Swimming pool that has been turned into a Micro-Brewery-cum-pub called "Brauhaus". Good beer and decent food for the intrepid traveller.
Once you have had enough, go back down the stairs and leave the building, go right under the arches and then look towards the right where you will find a former Art Nouveau Swimming pool that has been turned into a Micro-Brewery-cum-pub called "Brauhaus". Good beer and decent food for the intrepid traveller.
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chihuahua8 wrote:The first Paternoster I came across was right at the end of the '60s, at Northwick Park Hospital. It was looked on with great suspicion by some of the older members of staff. Was popular with some of the men as that was the age of the mini-skirt!
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Yes, that's the only one I can recall. Could only be used by medical staff.
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That is the only paternoster that I have seen too. I wonder why it was removed, too many pranks perhaps?chihuahua8 wrote:The first Paternoster I came across was right at the end of the '60s, at Northwick Park Hospital
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They are deemed dangerous these days, and were to be done away with, because of an EU directive, but protests kept them alive here.
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Uschi wrote:Come to Wuppertal, find "Rathaus Barmen" during work hours, go up the front stairs, walk through the entrance, up half a flight of steps and turn right.
Once you have had enough, go back down the stairs and leave the building, go right under the arches and then look towards the right where you will find a former Art Nouveau Swimming pool that has been turned into a Micro-Brewery-cum-pub called "Brauhaus". Good beer and decent food for the intrepid traveller.
A return to Wuppertal is firmly on our list. Looks like we might do the 'trinity', Schwebebahn, Paternoster lift and Brauhaus!
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Best done next year, Debbie, as it is not running right now.
But here is a preview of the Brauhaus ... https://wuppertaler-brauhaus.de/das-brauhaus/
But here is a preview of the Brauhaus ... https://wuppertaler-brauhaus.de/das-brauhaus/
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Uschi wrote:Best done next year, Debbie, as it is not running right now.
But here is a preview of the Brauhaus ... https://wuppertaler-brauhaus.de/das-brauhaus/
R has been keeping himself abreast of the trials and tribulations of the Schwebebahn and therefore we weren't planning a visit this year. If all's well next year we'll be back. Not sure what time of year to visit though, we'd like to have brighter weather than last time for better picture taking but we don't do heat very well and you tend to get hotter weather than us during the Summer.
Thanks for the Brauhaus link..........added to the list .
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Re: paternoster at NPH.
I left there in1994 when the MRC closed its research at NPH and as far as I recall the paternoster was still there and the restriction was no patients or visitors.
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I left there in1994 when the MRC closed its research at NPH and as far as I recall the paternoster was still there and the restriction was no patients or visitors.
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