Free entry to the Shard

[Bluerevolution]

tickets available from the library as from tomorrow, limited numbers, 1st come 1st served http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/6485

[DulwichFox]

Went to Dulwich Library (opposite The Plough) @ 09.20 this morning.

All tickets gone...

Fox :(

[Twirly]

Darn it, was going to try for some too. 4000 clearly not enough

[steveo]

I don't want to seem smug but...

[Mamma Mia]

Only the first 50 lucky people managed to get tickets. I was there at 8.55 and the queue was stretching down Eynella by then with many more people arriving. It resembled a flashmob!

[Jeremy]

So as I suspected, these free tickets were essentially limited to people who don't have to go to work in the morning. Great.

[EatsDulwich]

I understand from Dulwich OnView that each library was allocated 200 tickets and could hand out up to 4 tickets per person, so they were bound to go quickly. There are some libraries which weren't open today and will therefore hand out their allocation tomorrow, of which Grove Vale Library is one I believe.

All of the tickets at Dulwich Library had gone by 9am when my son's childminder turned up after the school run.

[PeckhamRose]

I understand the Shard are only giving out 4,000 tickets to Southwark residents, and for January only.

I don't know how many libraries there are in Southwark but if they're only giving out to the first fifty (say times four tickets), howcome only 200 tickets to one library. There's aren't THAT many libraries left in Southwark are there?

(Too ill to do the maths...)

[Huguenot]

Well I guess that would require 20 libraries to reach 4,000?

We've got two in ED so it seems possible?

[bloonoo]

Jeremy you can argue that people who go to work can afford the entry price, whereas those who don't (single parents, people on benefits etc) can't, therefore they deserve free tickets more.

[KalamityKel]

No, that's just a silly argument to make *sighs*

[*Bob*]

Can I just fill in from here?

They should be out looking for a job, not going up The Shard

What about people who work all day but still can't afford to go up The Shard

It's not my fault I don't have a job

It's not my fault I do have a job

Hitler.

(Thread ends)

[Ted Max]

What's the big deal about going up the Shard anyway - are you all roof fetishists, or something?

[Chillaxed]

*Bob*, loving your work!

[grecian girl]

steveo, what time did you get into the queue?

[Jeremy]

bloonoo Wrote:

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> Jeremy you can argue that people who go to work

> can afford the entry price, whereas those who

> don't (single parents, people on benefits etc)

> can't, therefore they deserve free tickets more.

I knew somebody would come up with some such sanctimonious bollocks. I was fishing for it in a way, I suppose.

[lizbells6]

There are 12 libraries in Southwark. The ED librarian told me that more tickets were allocated to those nearer the Shard so presumably ED got the fewest (200). Some are closed on Wednesdays so you might get lucky tomorrow if you're keen enough to travel on the offchance.

[ratty]

I gotta job! I also got 4 tickets! :p

[BrandNewGuy]

C'mon, who really imagined there'd be many tickets left after the librarians snaffled their own... ?

[MelC]

Apparently Peckham library had 500 so I would expect Camberwell library to have a similar amount tomorrow morning.

[maxxi]

This year's Furby for Southwark residents who missed out on Olympic tickets and/or just like to look down on the rest of us.

[DJKillaQueen]

No way did Peckham Library have 500 tickets. I was there and they said a couple of hundred. They ran out when I was six from the front.

Nunhead library had about 40.

[Mick Mac]

My wife has no job. And no ticket. But she did at least have time to queue up for a lost cause. I blame BlueRevolution.

[FatherJack]

Blue Revolution! On behalf of my kids I thank you! I knew nothing of this but as of this

morning WE HAVE TICKETS!

[DulwichFox]

Well should of been limited to one ticket per person

Fox