Britain's 1st full-length Motorway (M1) opens, 1959
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"I've threw a gallon of petrol across the carriageway and set fire to it". Hahahaha. Quality.
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At risk of being the real anorak...the opening sequence can't be 1959... there's a black Mk3 Ford Zephyr there...first introduced in 1962!....
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That Ford Anglia smashed a burned out. Nasty.
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motorway is cool!
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Whats that at the end. Granada services??? Yuk!
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More than 20 years after the first German one.
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@noinas01 Yes, and a commer van, also not around in '59
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@shakin2009 4 shillings and 6 pence
As anybody who's had a quick look at recent history would tell you.
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Bring back the gallon, I hate litres !!!
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@shakin2009 4/3 is about 20.5p. There is 240 old pennies to £1. 12 d to a shilling and a shilling is 5 new pence what we use now. d is what a penny used to be, i.e
lsd, pound, shilling and pence. At least more people could count then lol !
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4 and what a gallon? and whats that in denari please, who the heck knows what that is
4 shillings = 48 old pence [12 old pence per shilling] = 20 (new 1971) pence.
Fleetline119 1 year ago