Small things that need to be done at the ground

[NZamba Legend]

Could you do the West stand bogs near the turnstiles please. Never any in there.

Pigeons or soap?

 

[Fitz]

Can we get rid of the ****ing ladder in the West up to the commentary/filming area….blocks the view for hundred of fans!

 

[Holy Joe]

Can we get rid of the ****ing ladder in the West up to the commentary/filming area….blocks the view for hundred of fans!

I suspect thats the emergency exit for the camera people during the match.

 

[RHB]

I suspect thats the emergency exit for the camera people during the match.

As far as I'm aware, it's the only entrance and exit to the gantry.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Can we get rid of the ****ing ladder in the West up to the commentary/filming area….blocks the view for hundred of fans!

As far as I'm aware, it's the only entrance and exit to the gantry.

Exactly. Not sure how they're supposed to get up or down from there otherwise?

Besides which, it would deprive us of our entertainment when opposition teams have people up there who really don't like the ladder!

 

[RHB]

Exactly. Not sure how they're supposed to get up or down from there otherwise?

Besides which, it would deprive us of our entertainment when opposition teams have people up there who really don't like the ladder!

Maybe, when/if the roof is replaced, there could be access to the platform via the rear of the West Stand. Mind you it would ruin the fun of watching a few hundred supporters craning their necks to peer round the ladder, dependent where the ball is.

 

[Holy Joe]

As far as I'm aware, it's the only entrance and exit to the gantry.

I'm guessing the poster wanted to know if the ladder could be taken down during the match , but that would leave the people up there stranded

 

[Fitz]

I'm guessing the poster wanted to know if the ladder could be taken down during the match , but that would leave the people up there stranded

Yes of course I understand all the practicalities of getting people up and down to the gantry, it just is a fairly big view blocker. Obviously over the years you just get used to it. It won’t be cheap sorting out alternative access and prob not going to be top of the club’s priorities but just a little bit of an annoyance for me and many others I suspect.

 

[RHB]

I'm guessing the poster wanted to know if the ladder could be taken down during the match , but that would leave the people up there stranded

If it is the only 'in and out' then I doubt H&S would let it be moveable. I'm not sure I would want to stranded in front of an asbestos roof if a fire broke out.

 

[Holy Joe]

Yes of course I understand all the practicalities of getting people up and down to the gantry, it just is a fairly big view blocker. Obviously over the years you just get used to it. It won’t be cheap sorting out alternative access and prob not going to be top of the club’s priorities but just a little bit of an annoyance for me and many others I suspect.

Maybe if/when the East stand is redeveloped a new TV gantry can build into that and the ladder removed from the West gantry

 

[Richard Hearn]

If it is the only 'in and out' then I doubt H&S would let it be moveable. I'm not sure I would want to stranded in front of an asbestos roof if a fire broke out.

Probably preferable to being stranded in front of a thatched roof, though.

 

[Supershrimper]

Maybe if/when the East stand is redeveloped a new TV gantry can build into that and the ladder removed from the West gantry

TV cameras are on the West stand predominantly to avoid any glare from the sun

 

[PIERS]

If it is the only 'in and out' then I doubt H&S would let it be moveable. I'm not sure I would want to stranded in front of an asbestos roof if a fire broke out.

Im pretty sure asbestos is exactly what you want near you in a fire. as opposed to the kindling that is the East Stand .

 

[Crowstone Crevette]

I can confirm the soap dispensers do get filled up prior to the games. I get there early to fill up a couple of containers.

If anyone needs any soap drop me a message. I've got litres of the stuff

@Supershrimper Brilliant ^^^^^^^

 

[Crowstone Crevette]

Exactly. Not sure how they're supposed to get up or down from there otherwise?

Besides which, it would deprive us of our entertainment when opposition teams have people up there who really don't like the ladder!

@OldBlueLady I don't remember Motty having a ladder there back in 1979. And I was stood in line with the halfway line!

 

[stuey26]

Can we get rid of the ****ing ladder in the West up to the commentary/filming area….blocks the view for hundred of fans!

That thing has been there for decades my view wouldnt be the same without it

 

[OldBlueLady]

@OldBlueLady I don't remember Motty having a ladder there back in 1979. And I was stood in line with the halfway line!

I wasn't in the West that far back so couldn't comment. Weren't the cameras for that match actually on top of the stand, on a specially built gantry, so may have been accessed differently? I have a feeling what is there now was added after that.

 

[rigsby]

I wasn't in the West that far back so couldn't comment. Weren't the cameras for that match actually on top of the stand, on a specially built gantry, so may have been accessed differently? I have a feeling what is there now was added after that.

I seem to remember some scaffolding over the roof. So access from the rear of the West.

Not sure if that could be done now without further support going through the roof. Which would negate the removal of the ladder.

 

[rigsby]

If it tastes good and animals haven’t suffered during its production where is the downside? We don’t stop eating meat because we don’t enjoy sausage rolls or Cornish pasties, we stop because we’ve realised that it’s not necessary for animals to suffer and die to sustain our own lives.

Where as I have gone the opposite way and now have very low carbs, no dairy or fruit. Meat fish and green veg is the key to much healthier diet and can cure long term medical issues......The best bit you lose weight without giving up the beer.

Obviously I don't buy any food at RH as I don't eat meat substitute.

 

[AndyH]

Perhaps we need some Urinal targets with some club badges on so people get better with their aiming.

Loved these in Devon last week, ball is on a string, so returns ready!