Not me, for sure. Nice pad though.

Agreed. Mind you, I'm supposed to be on a diet. 🤪

So busy these days you can't see the pier for the crowds 🤔

Seems like 90% of the internet is devoted to answering this question, eg time.com/6590927/wear...

Do agree, however, that the arrangement at King's Cross appears closer to that at Manchester.

Nice video of Huddersfield coal drops. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoUy...

This view of the Halifax drops in use appears to support your very first model contrary to all my objections. Apparently they date to 1852. britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW...

Ok. Not seen that.

Can relate. Basically you're damned if you do and damned if you don't (exercise).

True but these days I do spend a fair amount of time watching where I'm putting my feet. Pausing to take photos at least makes me look up and around.

Another possibility would be discharge from both sides of the coal drop so loading would be external. I don't see how the two apertures could usefully feed a single hopper but maybe I'm missing something.

Minor point but I wonder whether adjacent apertures in the coal drops fed two separate hoppers, eg for different coal types, and, if so, whether their base sloped in the direction of the tracks rather than outwards so that loading was undercover.

Interesting question as to whether they did use the slope and, if they did, whether they paid for the privilege given it was the property of the Old Quay company.