Designed by British farmers to control herds of animals 250 years ago, and developed to coerce crowds of humans.
There wasn’t a football club in the land by the mid 20th century which hadn’t adopt this simple funnelling tool. Always over engineered to withstand all weathers.
Every-time I spin through a turnstile, at the stadium, the leisure centre or on my way into an office park, there is a great sense of movement and I must admit to finding it quite fun.
Above; a functional shiny modern turnstile, as spotted at my local leisure centre, still doing the same job 250 years later, albeit with less of the theatrics.