Posted By Brian McMillan Has anyone any experience of temporary barriers to control queues? I need to introduce something to keep secondary school pupils in an orderly queue yet it must be relatively easy to store at the end of a lunch break. We are currently using tables to form a queueing line but this involves unnecessary manual handling coupled with higher than necessary maintenance on the tables which frequently get damaged when being moved. I am thinking along the lines of a bollard system with retractable webbing barriers but have no experience of such in use. Can anyone offer any advice from practical experience of these systems? Supplier details would also be useful. Many thanks

Posted By Dave Wilson B, We use something to prevent passengers walking under the wing of aircraft during the boarding / disembarking process called PIGS (Passenger Inert Guidance System)(not a wind up mate) basically a coloured plastic link chain on a stand with weels which is rolled out and the chain deployed and rolled back up when complete. Same principle as an electrical roll extension lead on wheels! Email me and I will give the contact details mate.

Posted By Chris Knagg On a lighter note, I have always found the electric fence we use on the farm very effective in maintaining an 'orderly queue'. The question is, is this a barrier issue or a discipline issue?