Poor brakes were always a hazard. Anyone who had a car before the MOT came out, has probably got some hair-raising stories of incidents with their cars....I know I have.
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Poor brakes were always a hazard. Anyone who had a car before the MOT came out, has probably got some hair-raising stories of incidents with their cars....I know I have.
Thanks Ged for the photo etc. I don't think there were all that many traffic lights around pre war and I suspect there was a pause for installing more during the war...I may be wrong of course.
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Thanks Grekko - much earlier than I thought. Did installations stop at "Holy Corner" until after the war 'cos I still can't remember any. I didn't ride my bike through the Church St/Lord Street area...
I've scoured the forum a few times to see if traffic lights have been a subject, without success.
In 1948 I used to ride my bike from the Walton Hall Avenue area, to Water Street by the Pier Head....
I only went to the Atlas cinema to see a film on one occasion. I can't remember which film, but I do remember that the fiirst two or three rows of seats near the screen, were wooden benches. I don't...
Thanks folks for all the info. ...lots more clicking to do.
I was looking at a thread of 2007 referring to the old Atlas cinema on Rice Lane and the Throstles Nest alleyway alongside it. I used to...
I'm a bit of a newbie on the site and have been surfing around having a gander at all the old photos, some of which bring back memories of childhood.
Following one link, I looked at 394 photos of...