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The Bridges and Roads of Mitcham
April 14, 2017
…was rebuilt.9 The single- span structure was too narrow to permit more than one vehicle to cross at a time, however, and for greater safety and convenience a separate pedestrian…
Bulletin 173
April 22, 2017
…the broughams, which would ply for hire. But the greatest change came with the omnibus. Barker and Robbins include an engraving of a vehicle crossing Blackfriars Bridge in 1798,4 a…
GROWING UP ON THE ST HELIER ESTATE 1930–1950: School, Wartime and First Jobs
July 20, 2019
…turned over. When Leo did resume visits to our streets he displayed on his decorated vehicle a large notice carrying a certificate of some sort saying he was of Irish…
09 Colliers Wood or ‘Merton Singlegate’
April 16, 2017
…drivers of commercial vehicles now travelling daily between Tooting and Merton realise that they are the direct lineal (and, if we did but know it, possibly genetic) descendants of the…
Bulletin 217
March 8, 2021
…the electric traction field. The speed of the electricity grid and the expansion of facilities for nightly charging of batteries of electric traction vehicles would cater for local deliveries (such…
08 Phipps Bridge
April 16, 2017
…wharfs was the only fuel practicable for industrial purposes. In an era when all goods had to be transported on horse-drawn vehicles, proximity to the docks would thus appear to…