In message <[email protected]> Willy Leenders <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I am surprised that this construction is allowed in UK while there are > safety rules that prohibit a sundial on a playground even though all > parts are on the ground level. > > Willy Leenders > Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) > Just so that people are clear, Human Sundials are only discouraged for use by SCHOOLS (not in public areas) - and it depends where you are, since there are some ridiculous situations in connection with this. For example, you will have no difficulty in West Sussex - but go over the border into East Sussex, and your school would not be allowed one. That is why my own school had to be content with making small models, since (being in East Sussex) we were not permitted a playground layout. If you are in Northern Ireland (part of the UK), then there is not any problem - but Southern Ireland (strictly part of Europe) will not let schools have one, without written permission from local authorities. Canadian schools have also 'banned' them, but they are OK in America. I assume that the original poster for this thread (Reena Gagneja) had found the 'Colne' photo on the "Modern Sunclocks" website, where it is shown as an example of how 'Analemmatic' layouts should NOT be made! The specific page is at URL address www.sunclocks.com/pics/fs-007.htm However, it does not give any details of who the actual 'designer' was for that feature - only that it was in connection with a local Council, and that "Modern Sunclocks" declined to be involved with it (because they considered that it would become a 'hazard' to any pedestrians). Regards, Martina Addiscott. -- --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
