The UK's First Parking Meters Were In Mayfair
It used to cost six pence to park in central London for an hour.
Source: londonist.com
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Worcester nostalgia: Mike Pryce looks at the M5 development
ONE of the biggest civil engineering budget botch-ups of the second half of the 20th century occurred when they built the M5 motorway near Worcester.
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The plan to make Green lanes the main arterial road to the north (in 1943)
I was in the Museum of London Docklands on Sunday (highly recommended) & I spotted a map of the 1943 Country of London Plan that was drawn up to plan…
Source: harringayonline.com
PETER HITCHENS: HS2? Reviving slow branch lines to our forgotten market towns would REALLY get the country moving
PETER HITCHENS: What Britain needs is not High-Speed Two but Low-Speed One. For a small part of the money already wasted on this gleaming fantasy, we could have restored the nice, slow railways.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Premium Bonds prizes are 66 years old - but how much would they be worth now if they rose with inflation?
Premium Bonds remain the nation's best-loved savings product, offering savers the chance to win two £1million prizes every month. But what would the prizes be worth if they had risen with inflation?
Source: dailymail.co.uk