Speed Limits

Anyone driving through Bourton on the Water in the last couple of years will (hopefully) have noticed the ‘new’ 20mph speed limit. Given the large crowds that the village attracts throughout the year and the narrow streets, this seems a perfectly adequate speed. For those of us who managed to

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COVID-19 and the effect on traffic

For anyone still on the road during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak, the lack of traffic made it seem as if we had experienced a time shift, back to a bygone age of motoring. The roads were so quiet. Data from the Office of National Statistics confirms that,

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Vauxhall Victors go to the Dog

That is the Dog country pub in Harvington, near Kidderminster. One of our Museum Friends is closely associated with the club for pre-1980 Vauxhalls: the Vauxhall Victor Club. The club held two rallies at Harvington in 2015. The first event, in April, attracted 12 Vauxhalls (7 Victors and 5 Vivas) from

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Changes at the Dartford Crossing

The Dartford Tunnel, now commonly known as the Dartford Crossing, was opened as a single, 2-carrigeway tunnel in 1963. It passes under the River Thames between Dartford in Kent and Thurrock in Essex. When it opened, special London Transport double-decker buses were used to transport cyclists and their bikes: bikes

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