tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post3824679867024846349..comments2024-03-28T16:30:25.456+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Hear, hear!Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-67307924600647650702016-05-05T11:24:23.648+01:002016-05-05T11:24:23.648+01:00Well yes. touched on this here.Well yes. <a href="http://stringersbeer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/sounds-like-teen-spirit-eh-i-said-what.html" rel="nofollow">touched on this here</a>.StringersBeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573068197944669997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-74158371213575636002016-05-04T07:36:04.463+01:002016-05-04T07:36:04.463+01:00That's basically what happens already - busine...That's basically what happens already - businesses are required to make "reasonable adjustments", but there are exemptions if impractical or conflicts with listed building status.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-56050173389876279982016-05-04T00:15:13.302+01:002016-05-04T00:15:13.302+01:00I usually describe my hearing as dulled; I think i...I usually describe my hearing as dulled; I think it's always been that way, but I reckon the hard rock band UFO didn't do me any favours years ago. I've always noticed that when carpets, soft furnishings, wallpaper and curtains disappear, the noise level rises as sounds bounce all over the place rather than be absorbed. In order to be heard, everyone then speaks louder and the noise levels keep on rising until I can't hear a thing anyone is saying. <br /><br />I recall a pub which used to have a fully equipped disabled toilet which was up a couple of steps. Utterly useless for wheelchair users, and difficult for people who could walk only with difficulty. I wasn't sure whether this was tokenism, or simply not thinking things through.<br /><br />The suggestion of closing down premises that don't cater for people with disabilities is clearly ridiculous, but it might be reasonable to have system of authorised exemption from legal requirements on access on the grounds that the building cannot, or should not for perhaps historical or cultural reasons, be adapted. There is also the question of very small businesses for whom compliance with the law would mean ruination, although a means tested system of grants might address their problems. Such proposals would entail more cost and bureaucracy, but ensuring maximum accessibility for all people is surely worth that.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.com