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BBC Tomorrow’s World 1972
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I guess getting interest from
the BBC’s flagship science program "Tomorrow’s
World" was on the top of most inventors' wish
lists. In those days there were no faxes, text
or email so it took just a simple handwritten
letter to the producers to get a
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When the reply from the BBC
show did finally come I had to read it over a
few times to get the words to sink in! The shows
producers liked my idea for rubber speed bumps,
in fact they liked it so much they wanted to see
and test some
examples. |
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Could I ship them to TV
Centre in London? Please take a look at the
short (5-minute) video sent to us for our web
site by the BBC (home video recorders had not
been invented yet) and read my
story. |
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Bright yellow raised safety
line marking
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Tough injection moulded
plastic, bright yellow. Our LineStopper raised
tactile line marking system stops the need to
keep on painting those safety lines in the
workshop and warehouse. You can also ‘feel’ when
you walk over and stray from the safety of the
marked
line. |
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Each moulded metre section of
the plastic raised LineStopper is 15mm thick and
will send a clear signal to any one walking by
that they are standing or crossing over a safety
line. There are many locations where there is a
mix of pedestrians and fast moving warehouse
traffic and the raised tactile safety line will
reduce the risk of site
accidents. |
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Compact freestanding steel
safety handrail
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Erecting a proven and compact
safety handrail on a roof's edge is a job best
done quickly. Our galvanised steel freestanding
handrail system can be installed in minutes
without special tools. The system has no fixings
to penetrate or cause problems with the
waterproof membrane; each upright has a
counterbalance metal foot for
stability. |
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It takes just three steel
uprights to create a safety barrier that meets
the EN BS requirements for safe working where
there is danger of a fall. Flat roofs will
always require access for maintenance work and
even with training, two personnel and a safety
working permit program your site roof edges have
to be protected to keep people
safe! |
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Out and about . . .
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This out and about section is
great fun, you never know where your products
might turn up next. I stopped for a comfort stop
and an overpriced coffee on the M40 at Oxford
Services and found our black steel JB1 bollards
at the entrance. This is an unusual application,
these type of steel bollards are normally marked
up in black and yellow hazard colours and
installed to protect warehouse
doors. |
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I presume that the owners of
Oxford Services are not expecting any forklift
traffic or extra wide loads but I guess they
have used the bollards for extra security. One
mystery; why is there always an empty cigarette
packet placed carefully on top of the bollard
(you can just see it at the back of the
photo)? |
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