Up the Down Staircase in England

I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

Cathy L

"Cathy L" wrote in message
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I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

you stand to the right and walk on the left on an escalator

tim

Cathy L wrote:
I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

Cathy L

In London it's a free-for-all. In Oxford Street just put your head down
and plough ahead!

In news wrote:

I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

I don't know where you are, but I've never lived or traveled anywhere
where people stick to one side or the other of the sidewalk.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

On 16 Feb 2010 18:18:16 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:
In news wrote:

I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

I don't know where you are, but I've never lived or traveled anywhere
where people stick to one side or the other of the sidewalk.

Any town that has more than about 50,000 people will have people
used to being in crowds and accustomed to walking on one side.

When I was in England, I found that people generally walked on the
left and entered buildings on the left. It was there were lots of
tourists, such as in London, that things got confusing. The tourists
walked on the right; the natives on the left (or the right when there
were more tourists than natives)

On 16/02/2010 5:54 PM, Cathy L wrote:
I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

Cathy L

Absolutely. And the men all wear top hats and the ladies have
crinolines. The children all look as if they are auditioning for Mary
Poppins.
--
JohnT

Cathy L wrote:
I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

Cathy L

????? I didn't know there were RULES for that! (Except in school,
perhaps.)

Bert Hyman wrote:
In news wrote:

I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

I don't know where you are, but I've never lived or traveled anywhere
where people stick to one side or the other of the sidewalk.

Some of them don't do too well with sticking to one side of the road
when driving, either - at least not here in Arizona!

Cathy L wrote:

I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

Everyone walks around wearing top sheets, so it gets confusing.

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

Bert Hyman wrote:
In news wrote:

I know you drive on the left in England, but what about walking? Do
you also stay to the left when walking on the sidewalk and up and down
stairs?

I don't know where you are, but I've never lived or traveled anywhere
where people stick to one side or the other of the sidewalk.

I read somewhere that it used to be the law in Sweden many years ago.

As far as how it works in practice, I notice that here in Germany,
people tend to pass each other on the right if they meet head on on the
sidewalk, same as the traffic rule. I have the impression that in the
UK, people tend to intuitively pass each other on the left. Recently in
a shopping mall in the UK I found I had to make a conscious effort to
deviate to the left in order to avoid colliding with people - not that
it came to a collision, just to this point where you have to stop and go
round somebody.

T.