Berkshire Bygones: Shopping centre like 'bomb aftermath' in 1969
BYGONES: Shopping centre like âbomb aftermathâ as pedestrian plan underway BRACKNELL’S main shopping centre, The Broadway, was set to be transformed from a traffic congested road, to a tree-lined pedestrian precinct in 1969. The ‘News’ reported in it’s editorial that: “It is difficult to imagine the proposals at the moment, the deserted roadway with bleak hoardings surrounding excavations, plus the roadworks at either end of the street, all tend to give an impression like the aftermath of a bomb.” TRAFFIC FREE: Vehicles were banned from The Broadway A young fil...
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