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06:01:05 on Fri, 4 Oct 2013, Offramp remarked:

Does the hotel or its staff mind if people use it as a short cut.

Not as far as I can tell, but it's a while since I've been there.

It reminds me of the old Woolworth's at Victoria which was the shortest route from Vauxhall Bridge Rd to the station. 75,000 people a day went
through that shop spending a total of £15.11.

There's a Boots at High St Kensington which is the best exit for the
conference hotels, and by co-incidence the Boots at the Victoria
Shopping Centre (on the site of the old station) is a very handy exit in
Nottingham.
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Roland Perry