[OSM-talk] What would you do if...

[guy at graviles-reynolds.org]

Quoting "Barnett, Phillip" <Phillip.Barnett at itn.co.uk>:

> There's a branch of Lloyds Bank at the top of my road, (Cambridge)  with
> an ATM in a recessed area (courtyard in front of building) 
> There's a notice on the wall which made me stop and stare when I first
> saw it, which says something like "There is no public right of access to
> this space" which, taken literally, makes legal sense, presumably they
> don't want a right of way forming after 25 years, but has the effect on
> naive members of the public of making one apprehensive to approach the
> bank entrance or ATM. 
> I've been meaning to photograph the sign for your amusement...
> 

There are a similar signs on the entrances to The Arcade in Hitchin. When these 
were first put up by the managment company there was a huge outcry from the 
shopkeepers in The Arcade, because people took the signs on face value and 
ceased entering The Arcade. I beleive the signs were subsequently reworded in 
such a fashion to prevent the Arcade becoming a public right of way by default 
whilst not scaring off the pucblic.

Guy 'batchoy' Reynolds