After watching the re-run of this WWII film on the TV, Iwonder when country roads in Brit becane tarmacced, becausethe roads in that film look like rolled gravel.Tyrley, same village as in Goodnight Mr Tom andas in The Vicar of Dibley.I find these B&W pre-1950 films to be an interestingrecord of real life before plastic and electronicsturned everything make-believe

Try searching, it's not that hard.Something like:when did roads become tarmacked in ukshould tell you.HTH

In article , Tim Lamb 's what I called "Three ply" earlier in the thread.

Went the day well?

Adrian 5 years ago

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No :-) Road numbers have changed a lot over the years, have a look at the original (1920s) route of the A42 and the A66 as but two examples.

However, looking at my early 1970s AA road atlas, the Oxford - Banbury road was the A423, the A34 was the Oxford - Stratford (almost via Chipping Norton), and the A44 was started where it left the A34 (near Chipping Norton), and headed in a generally westward direction.

According to Open Street Map, the A44 now runs from Oxford over the route of the former A34, and from Chipping Norton, the old A34 is now the A3400. Oxford - Banbury is now the A4260.

Adrian

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Tim Lamb 5 years ago

Huh! I remember getting 5 cycle punctures in one week after a lane I used on my way to school was re-surfaced with bitumen and crushed stone chippings. '58/'59 or so. Common here for little used lanes to have a grass strip down the middle.

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charles 5 years ago

Thats's what I called "Three ply" earlier in the thread.

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Steve Walker 5 years ago

Was done here about 10 years ago ... with no repairs to the problems that the road already had first!

They also told everyone, by flyer, that the road would be closed for a full four day period, as they would be working on it - phoning up and explaining that my wife was disabled, we had three young children and I have badly arthritic knees, so getting our week's shopping and the children from the next street to our house would be a problem, revealed that they only needed the road clear for a single morning!

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Vir Campestris 5 years ago

Oh. I assumed you meant tarmac that had been allowed to grass over, then a new layer on top!

I've seen lanes like that, and often there is tarmac under the grass.

Andy

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charles 5 years ago

lanes are fine, but A roads?

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The Natural Philosopher 5 years ago

Lanes in Scotland are called 'A' roads

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