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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

Well done.
You've learnt the most important thing, don't just search with your eyes but also your ears!