“Thunder” in the suburbs
Sir. —The Labour Party's 1968 City Council election manifesto said that if through motorways were continued “in our urban areas it is quite likely that normal conversation on pavements and even adjacent buildings will become virtually impossible.” But the Citizens’ Association held the council until late 1971 and then only the park road could be stopped by legislation. The Governmentsubsidised widening of Brougham Street, a necessary arterial road, was approved by the council in 1968. The argument was
about bow wide or straight the traffic artery should be, and Labour sought to retain Nazareth House and parts of Sydenham Park. After Labour lost power in 1974, it seemed that the road would be cut straight through. Brent Efford should realise that this is from personal record and memory, but his framed question reminds me of the old classic:—“Have vou left off beating your wife?” My sense of values rules out a “Yes or No” reply.—Yours, etc., PATRICK NEARY. April 10. 1977. [This correspondence is now closed.—Editor]
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