Richard J. writes
And I for one will mourn the passing of the wooden escalator.

Given that wooden escalators contributed to the severity of the Kings
Cross fire which killed 31 people, that's a particularly insensitive
and thoughtless comment IMHO.

And they replaced the wood on all the wooden escalators (or at least all
that I have seen) save the wooden treads - which are hardly a huge fire
risk.


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Dave