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Does anybody remember the escalator safety advert where the rag doll was dragged underneath the bottom step? I still jump off the end at 32 yrs old!

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Do You Remember Escalator Safety Advert?

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  • Anonymous user
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    Yeah, I remember when some of the old wooden ones were still in use on the London Underground. I think they were outlawed following the Kings Cross disaster of '87 (I don't think that WAS caused by a wooden version, but they were a potential cause of another fire).
  • Aura
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    Escalators have been round since the Victorian/Edwardian times, and were made of wood.
  • Vixieb
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    This scared me so much I am still absolutly phobic of escallators! I can't use them unless I run! I still have the image of that doll in my head and I am nearly 40!!
  • Anonymous user
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    I am glad to see that I am not the only one. I know of only one other adult who still carries the fear that advert with the welly instilled in me. It made the "AIDS Tombstone" advert look about as scary as a kinderegg ad. The lack of Yellow lines nowadays makes me feel like I'm being tricked. And trapped.
  • Anonymous user
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    I remember the one with the red welly boot getting cruched and it scared me so much I never went on escalators for ages!
  • Anonymous user
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    I was carred of escalators for years after seeing the one with the boys foot being crushed istill hesitate when i get on the escalator it ook me till the age of 19 to actually use one at all i used to stand at the foot of the escalator and keep trying to put my foot onto it for about 30 seconds before i would be too ashamed and find the stairs!
  • Anonymous user
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    wow yes, i soo remember that ad. it was very thrilling. loved it.
  • Anonymous user
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    Those adverts scared the hell out of me. Yes I am still cautious on escalaters now and I'm 28! Note that you no longer get the yellow lines painted around each step or the foot shaped symbol, they must be much safer now. haha
  • Anonymous user
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    all i remember is a red childs welly boot being squished into the escalator! still remember it to this day and keep in the middle!
  • Anonymous user
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    I remember it well - think it was still being shown well into the eighties. For scariness I think this just gets the vote over the other "polish a floor and put a rug on it - you might as well set a mantrap" safety ad. Sinister camera angles of rug turning into a mantrap, but some comedy value when the man slips on the rug at the end. I always wait until my feet hit the end of the escalator and I reckon it's just to prove to myself that I won't be eaten by it.

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