Randallbars
Original ID : 4028 Created On : 2004-10-29 Last Modified : 2005-05-01
‘B’ block had three floors and two stairwells at either end ot the building. Although you couldn’t get more than about three metres before hitting a right angle, you could - albeit briefly - slide down the bannisters.
One afternoon Richard Randall started his trademark descent from the top floor. Something clearly went awry, because instead of enjoying a few seconds of sliding bliss, he plummeted to the floor at bottom of the stairwell.
As a direct consequence of the event, slightly weedy looking ‘safety bannisters’ were welded onto all bannisters in the school, bringing their height to about 2 metres - far too high to slide down. These were immediately christened ‘Randallbars’.