I knew a girl called Paternoster, no further details available for publication.
Hmmmm.....a girl called the Lord's prayer. The mind boggles.
Paternosters...ever been on one?
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Hmmmm.....a girl called the Lord's prayer. The mind boggles.
Haitch
Flim Flormally
- Location
- Netherlands
A paternoster was installed in the economics block at Newcastle to replace a standard Otis lift, which had in turn replaced a paternoster. We were told that someone had died in the original paternoster and the Otis couldn't handle the volume. As you say, the boxes were solid and had hinged flaps so your feet didn't get trapped at each floor (they worked, I'm still a biped). When you went over the top or under the bottom, I seem to remember the chains and cog wheels that drove the lift were completely exposed.
We had statistics on the 13th floor and when the paternoster was being installed there were two options: gasp up 26 flights of stairs or go the Students Union. I failed statistics.
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
yes. never had the kahunas to go up and over (or down and under) as it used to grind to a halt with such regularity that the walls had a lot of 'so and so stuck in lift' graffiti.
paternoster means 'our father', as in the first line of the lord's prayer. so called because you have to pray to escape alive
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
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UoB had one.
What happened if you stuck a leg out?
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2 - one in Muirhead Tower, one in library. Both were taken out of commission whilst I was studying there (the uni, not the paternoster).
UoB had one.
What happened if you stuck a leg out?
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2 - one in Muirhead Tower, one in library. Both were taken out of commission whilst I was studying there (the uni, not the paternoster).
Christopher
Über Member
When was that? I was at the Uni of Brum 85-88 and well remember the library paternoster. I went round the top a few times, good fun. One joke was that a student went around the top and managed to stand on his head while doing so, to make people think the boxes turned over as they went over the top.
OT but the other thing I liked doing there was dozing in remote corners of the libarary stacks where hardly anyone ever went... no mobiles then...
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
89-93.
Remember finding the library stacks when researching a Business Studies essay. There were rumours of intimate activity going on in the darkest corners of the stacks.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Haitch
Flim Flormally
- Location
- Netherlands
Yep, but it's very short and very slow. More, speed, more track and a parachute would put some fun into it.
Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Wow, where's the ratchet auto-stop?
If the cable snapped what stops it plummeting???
If the cable snapped what stops it plummeting???
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I knew a girl named Grace once - "For what we are about to receive ..."
Headgardener
Armchair Cyclist
Yes. Great fun though not very long. Apparently it was originaly used to get the ore from the mines which are at the bottom of the cliff up to be smelted.
pepecat
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Dodging the Buzes in Brum
[QUOTE 1613779"]
UoB had one.
What happened if you stuck a leg out?
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Really?? Whereabouts? I work there so would love to know where it was!
UoB had one.
What happened if you stuck a leg out?
[/quote]
Really?? Whereabouts? I work there so would love to know where it was!
