As I say, where is the disabled-friendly entrance to the Bankers Draft?

There are three entrances to the BD, by the tram stop, one with steps, to the upstairs, one that's level access, and a third to the ground floor level, but which has about five steps up to it.

The wheelchair-friendly entrance is boarded up, with a huge sheet of plywood.

How the heck does a wheelchair user get in?

And surely it's got to contravene fire safety regulations to have that entrance boarded up? it has to be an evacuation hazard, for crying out loud?

anyone got any ideas?

TIA

PT

I believe if you go down the side of argos under the tunnel then turn left at the end, you can enter via the rear.

Why don't you just ring them and ask?

Originally posted by csi_bha
I believe if you go down the side of argos under the tunnel then turn left at the end, you can enter via the rear.

I always thought that entrance had a step? plus it's a bit of a ball-ache to trek all that way round, if you are in a chair.

oh, and rent a knight... when I want an opinion on my brain capacity, I'll consult my neurologist, thanks!

PT

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Stop... now! I've removed the unwanted posts from this thread.

I'll be hitting the ban button if the nonsense continues after this post

There are probably loads of places in Sheffield that still have poor or non existant entrances for disabled people. I've got friends in wheelchairs and so it is useful to me if some-one posts something about an establishment that should have an accessible entrance but consider it okay to board it up.

No Plain Talker, The back entrance does not have a step, I use that one regularly. The best way to get to that if you are disabled I would think is down the side of the pizza hut and past the dove and rainbow, (saves you having to go up the rise which is the the argos way).

Hope this helps.:)

I don't recall any steps at the Hatshead Square entrance.

I assume the front door is boarded up thanks to some nice football supporter 're-arranging' it... Although it's been a while hasn't it!

Originally posted by Lee2
No Plain Talker, The back entrance does not have a step, I use that one regularly. The best way to get to that if you are disabled I would think is down the side of the pizza hut and past the dove and rainbow, (saves you having to go up the rise which is the the argos way).

Hope this helps.:)

thanks Lee2, (And Andy C)

that route that Lee suggests, sounds better than the trek all the way down the hill, to trail all the way back up, it did seem a very long, and out-of-the-way route to go, when the stupid-annoying boarded-up door is on the main street, and the place where the public foot-traffic passes most.

The wheelchair -accessible entrance on the front has been boarded up some time, now, which I think is ridiculous. (Not to mention that it makes it look a right sight for sore eyes...)

I tend not to use Heartshead, if I can help it, because, historically, the dropped kerbs seem to have been non-existant, and not very wheelchair-friendly.

I will check out the entrance that you have suggested.
TY to you both for that info.

PT

Originally posted by Plain Talker
I always thought that entrance had a step? plus it's a bit of a ball-ache to trek all that way round, if you are in a chair.You should be happy there is one, and it was there before legislation arrived. There are a meer 70 yards to go around the building through the tunnel. Plus the square at the back is nicer than Castle Square with the trees and benches, and there is the Dove & Rainbow which Banker's Draft is of no comparison.

Go to the propper pub next door rather than the chain...

I believe if you go down the side of argos under the tunnel then turn left at the end, you can enter via the rear.

that is correct

thanks Lee2, (And Andy C)

that route that Lee suggests, sounds better than the trek all the way down the hill, to trail all the way back up, it did seem a very long, and out-of-the-way route to go, when the stupid-annoying boarded-up door is on the main street, and the place where the public foot-traffic passes most.

The wheelchair -accessible entrance on the front has been boarded up some time, now, which I think is ridiculous. (Not to mention that it makes it look a right sight for sore eyes...)

I tend not to use Heartshead, if I can help it, because, historically, the dropped kerbs seem to have been non-existant, and not very wheelchair-friendly.

I will check out the entrance that you have suggested.
TY to you both for that info.

PT

Yes, that is level access from there, but sometimes at least one of the two doors is shut ....... to be fair, there is always a notice to say they're shut, but it doesn't help when you have to wheel all the way round again .......

I'd call in the Dove for better beer anyway ......... :thumbsup:

Yes, that is level access from there, but sometimes at least one of the two doors is shut ....... to be fair, there is always a notice to say they're shut, but it doesn't help when you have to wheel all the way round again .......

I'd call in the Dove for better beer anyway ......... :thumbsup:

and the staff are nicer too!

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As I say, where is the disabled-friendly entrance to the Bankers Draft?

There are three entrances to the BD, by the tram stop, one with steps, to the upstairs, one that's level access, and a third to the ground floor level, but which has about five steps up to it.

The wheelchair-friendly entrance is boarded up, with a huge sheet of plywood.

How the heck does a wheelchair user get in?

And surely it's got to contravene fire safety regulations to have that entrance boarded up? it has to be an evacuation hazard, for crying out loud?

anyone got any ideas?

TIA

PT

it's round the back definitely

There are probably loads of places in Sheffield that still have poor or non existant entrances for disabled people. I've got friends in wheelchairs and so it is useful to me if some-one posts something about an establishment that should have an accessible entrance but consider it okay to board it up.

Absolutely. The classic one is the jewellers shop on the corner to Cole Brothers & opposite the Peace Gardens which has had a sign up for several years now that they're making adjustments and in the meantime they would be happy to bring anything out to wheelchair users.

Just waiting for several wheelchair users to take them up on that offer to expose the impracticality of their nonsense. I can just see them taking all their flashy jewellery on to Pinstone Street.

:D