More recent events related to Madeleine McCann's case

[Brietta]

Not to those peacefully sleeping in the room imo.

Really?  and you know this how?

[G-Unit]

Really?  and you know this how?

It's my opinion.

[Vertigo Swirl]

It's my opinion.

not a particularly valid one IMO.  How noisy are the shutters when opened slowly and carefully?  Do you know?  How much noise do they make inside a room if the windows are closed when the shutters are raised?  Do you know that? 

[Lace]

Noisy shutters;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3R4p2hRXvY

Corroborated by a witness;

We used to open the blinds during the day, returning to close them at night. When the blinds were [being] closed they would make much noise.
https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/PAUL_GORDON.htm

PM was manually pulling them up,  would they make that much noise if the shutters were risen from inside 5a?

[G-Unit]

PM was manually pulling them up,  would they make that much noise if the shutters were risen from inside 5a?

I'm not an expert on these shutters, I only have experience of German wooden shutters which didn't have that metallic rattle, and, being heavier, offered more security imo.

[Eleanor]

We have the same Portuguese Shutters here.  And I never hear anyone pulling them up or down.

Nor did anyone hear anyone breaking into the Bar down the road back along.

[G-Unit]

We're reduced to arguing about opinions, which are obviously going to differ.

[Eleanor]

We're reduced to arguing about opinions, which are obviously going to differ.

My comment isn't Opinion.  It's Fact.

[G-Unit]

My comment isn't Opinion.  It's Fact.

I'm sure it is - for you. I expect the same is true for Portuguese residents. Not neccessarily for those unused to the sound though.

[Eleanor]

I'm sure it is - for you. I expect the same is true for Portuguese residents. Not neccessarily for those unused to the sound though.

Three sleeping children do you mean?

[Brietta]

I'm not an expert on these shutters, I only have experience of German wooden shutters which didn't have that metallic rattle, and, being heavier, offered more security imo.

Those look exactly like the wooden venetian blinds I used to have ~ great on a particular type of window as here but I would never have thought of them as shutters.

[G-Unit]

Those look exactly like the wooden venetian blinds I used to have ~ great on a particular type of window as here but I would never have thought of them as shutters.

The ones pictured look a bit flimsy. Ours were very heavy; you wouldn't have been able to lift them from outside.

[Brietta]

The ones pictured look a bit flimsy. Ours were very heavy; you wouldn't have been able to lift them from outside.

Mine were of course interior and being wood were certainly heavier than aluminium ones.  Those illustrated are exterior mounted I think although I'm not sure what the weather would do to the 'strings'.

I would imagine that there will be few of the Portuguese type in existence now.  As well as giving shade I think they would have to go for security as well.

[G-Unit]

Mine were of course interior and being wood were certainly heavier than aluminium ones.  Those illustrated are exterior mounted I think although I'm not sure what the weather would do to the 'strings'.

I would imagine that there will be few of the Portuguese type in existence now.  As well as giving shade I think they would have to go for security as well.

I think the 'strings' are made of steel, and the wood is seasoned. German efficiency of course.

[Billy Whizz Fan Club]

No single abductor left 5A with Madeleine through the shuttered window. IMO, and that of others who have measured them, it's a nigh impossible task.