Thursday, June 14, 2007

Trivia Pursuit

The first escalator in Britain, installed in 1898 in Harrod's department store in London, had a clerk who waited at the top with a glass of brandy for each customer.

2 comments:

Shrink Wrapped Scream said...

Gee, pity they don't still carry on that custom!

david mcmahon said...

Hi Shrink,

We need to petition them ...

Cheers

David