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Hi Geoff, welcome to the forum.

I said help would be forthcoming!

BP

Welcome, I guess we really do need to see the video to understand fully what is or isn't going on.
Firstly place your video on a host like YouTube and then copy the link they give you and paste it on here.
How to post a video

BP

There's no restraining you now.

badpenny wrote:Plus rien ne peut te retenir maintenant.

His advice that it was from the 1950s was a bit skew wiff.

Je vous suggère de le faire déchromer et de polir les pièces moulées en aluminium. Les pièces moulées Jennings sont notoirement difficiles et coûteuses à rechromer. I suggest you have it un-chromed and the aluminium castings high polished. Jennings castings are notoriously hard and expensive to re-ch ...

That's nice and clean inside.

Si vous ne pouvez pas faire appel à un professionnel pour ouvrir la serrure, percez-la. Vous pouvez trouver des pièces de rechange sur eBay.

badpenny wrote:If you can't get a locksmith to open the lock, then drill it. You can find replacements on eBay.

Certainly a strange apparition, yet as you say so many parts tie in.
I was pondering over the escalator, but now think the camera is pointed upwards. If it was higher and looking horizontally it'd look correct.
I wonder if it's purely mechanical or electro-mech?

Award yourself 10 points and drink your first Ricard before mid day.
You will soon be opening our French office to help your fellow country men.

badpenny wrote:Accordez-vous 10 points et buvez votre premier Ricard avant midi.
Vous ouvrirez bientôt notre bureau français pour aider vos compatriotes.

BP