tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post8046146660626309564..comments2024-03-18T16:40:32.561-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Macbeth comes to ManchesterRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-13112785147159454852017-04-24T19:33:33.794-07:002017-04-24T19:33:33.794-07:00Another aspect is that the traditional entrance us...Another aspect is that the traditional entrance usually falls foul of the Disability Act and the planners prefer something out of sight round the back rather than having ramps all over the front. To be fair, they do have a point, some beautiful buildings have been disfigured by overenthusiastic interpretation of access rules.qqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09878514951892723602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-83594676105133782162017-04-17T06:39:34.771-07:002017-04-17T06:39:34.771-07:00I have no way of knowing if it's the case with...I have no way of knowing if it's the case with the Rylands library, but it's often the case with old buildings that the modern side entrance is built for climate control reasons. Opening big old doors often adds a lot to heating and cooling costs, and in some places it can vary the humidity inside a lot too. With places like libraries and museums they generally want to keep all of that under control.<br /><br />Ideally, building owners would figure out ways to build unobtrusive fixes that let the original entrance be used, but that can get much more expensive than building a side entrance. Also, in centuries-old buildings the problem can be the doors themselves, which have warped and shifted over time, and fixing the draft issues would mean replacing the doors, which starts its own historical issues. <br /><br />I agree that it's absolutely glorious with a big old building to climb the stairs and walk through grand doors and under a huge archway, but in some places it causes a lot of problems.<br /><br />And, as you mention, sometimes it's also to funnel more people through a gift shop or it's for a bit of security theater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-49757019776756236992017-04-16T07:52:38.512-07:002017-04-16T07:52:38.512-07:00Hi Ron, I
Couldn't agree more with you about ...Hi Ron, I <br />Couldn't agree more with you about the architecture thing, but it's bloody difficult to gild I turd!!!!, <br />CHEERS, Edd Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359187309563791578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-89549105597523611872017-04-16T02:17:57.416-07:002017-04-16T02:17:57.416-07:00Yes, I remember the old licensing hours. I remembe...Yes, I remember the old licensing hours. I remember going for a Sunday morning walk and arriving at the Lime Kiln Inn at 11.50. We cleaned off our boots and waited until 12 noon on the dot we heard the door bolts being pulled back.<br />When we entered the pub it was half full of people with half full pint glasses and the air was full of cigarette smoke.<br />Obviously there people knew there was a back door too :)<br />Local knowledge was a wonderful thing in the days of strict opening hours.marquisnoreply@blogger.com