#London Road

[mapsontheweb]

ll roads named "London Road" in the United Kingdom

by u/elsanoodles

[legitedigiulia]

MAGIC LIGHTS

Charing Cross - Tottenham Court Road, London

dec 2022

[janemacneil]

Newspaper Seller, London Road, Liverpool, December 2022

[scotianostra]

On 20th November 1964 the first part of the M8 Motorway between Edinburgh and Glasgow was opened.

The new route was to form the first of a 20 miles of the motorway that was considered as important to Scotland’s infrastructure as the Forth Road Bridge which opened two months earlier. The first section to be declared open by Minister of State, Edinburgh MP EG Willis was a four-mile stretch of the Harthill bypass. In truth, the M8 was opened in something of a piecemeal fashion.

It was the first section of a 20-mile motorway planned to replace the existing A8 which ran between Newhouse and Newbridge.

Some parts of the A8 were unsafe – it had a three lanes, a shared overtaking lane and a high number of fatalities and serious accidents.

Eventually, of course, the M8 would stretch 60 miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh, and serve other large communities including Airdrie, Coatbridge, Greenock, Livingston and Paisley, transforming travel across the Central Belt.

It would encompass the new Kingston Bridge and the Charing Cross Inner Ring Road, a development which would change the nature of Glasgow City Centre forever.

Planners looked ahead to increased traffic flows and more mobility for citizens, but communities wondered why on earth their tenements and shops were being demolished.

Glasgow’s motorways did allow for the pedestrianisation of Sauchiehall Street, Buchanan Street and Argyle Street, which had previously been the main routes through the city centre.

The last part of the motorway within Glasgow – apart from a six mile stretch between Baillieston and Newhouse - was completed in 1980.

That is, until almost 30 years later, in 2017, when that short gap was eventually finished as part of a massive £500m programme of works on the M8, M73 and M74 motorways.

There are now more than 50 miles of motorway within the city boundaries. That huge programme also included an upgraded A8 between Baillieston and Eurocentral, improvements to the Raith Interchange on the M74 and improvements to other key sections of the three motorways.

Many myths surrounding the construction of the M8 have persisted over the decades - including the rather grisly rumour that several underworld crime figures who disappeared in the 60s were offed and buried within the Kingston Bridge foundations.

National newspapers ran the story in the 90s, but no remains have ever been found and none of the tales were ever substantiated....so was it an urban myth?We will probably never know...

The demolition of the Glasgow Tenements has always been controversial, and even today there are calls for the motorway to be replaced, indeed there is a web page and Twitter account called Replacethe M8, you can find details below.

https://www.scotlandandcarbon.com/open-letter

[missgalindaaa]

Tom in London Road (2015)

[insidecroydon]

10 arrested in Croydon as fears of far-right rioting are allayed

Norfolk House on Wellesley Road and Croydon Mosque were among possible targets for the racist rioters, as community protestors across the country took to the streets to show unity against racists Late night line-up: police with riot helmets and shields at West Croydon last night Today, August 8, marks the 13th anniversary of the start of the Croydon riots, which lingered on for days, saw people’s…

[tctmp]

Crime  Drama  Musical

[literatureaesthetic]

18th april '24 — london

this was such a special trip for me. my first time travelling entirely on my own, discovering and falling in love with a city. i've been to london a few times growing up, but i've never had the chance to really explore and live in it until now. forever an experience i'll cherish <3

[federer7]

A pub in Kings Road with the typical 60s clientel. Chelsea, London, England, 1967

Photo: David Hurn

[henk-heijmans]

Dustbin brigade, Harrow Road in Paddington, London, 1958 - by John Drysdale (1925 - 2016), English

[eightiesfan]

Abbey Rolland

[huariqueje]

Taxi , Charing Cross Road - Jeremy Sanders

Welsh , b. 1969 -

Oil on canvas , 100. x 80 cm.

[more-relics]

Syd Barrett captured in a candid moment at Abbey Road Studios whilst rehearsing for the recording of 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn' in June 1967, by Andrew Whittuck

[janemacneil]

London Road, Liverpool, November 2022

[dubmill]

Highams Park, Chingford, London; 8.8.2020

[joen-lenawley]

why