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Bush Tucker Man:
Probably more applicable  to West Yorkshire members, than anyone else, but who knows?..............

This may be a long shot, but......... does anyone remember the days of the Great North Road (in  modern terminology, the A1) when its route took it;
1. Over the old bridge at FerryBridge?
2. Past the Brotherton Fox?
3. Through Micklefield?
4. Through Aberford & past The Swan (with its old coaching signs on the stable block)
5. When Bramham Crossroads were exactly that?(Frank Coopers garage in situ)
6. Through Wetherby (pre by-pass)

Does anyone have old photographs of the places mentioned

At present this is the best Great North Road site I can find.

This chap (Eddie) started his site after I spoke to him in FerryBridge about the old 'Greyhound Inn'
Eddie's got this one of the John Carr designed bridge on his site.
I reckon it dates from about 1960??

Carr was also the architect of Harewood House (between Leeds & Harrogate)



Other locations of interest to me are Bawtry & Scrooby Top

Grumpy:
I can remember a lot of the places you mention, When I was a boy the family used to travel up to Aberdeenshire from Hertfordshire to visit relations for our summer holidays in a Ford Anglia!! on the Great North Road
These were all landmarks we used to look for on the 500 mile journey
I also remember always seeing Pickfords heavy haulage units carrying large diesel engines, ships propellors and big presses etc being pushed and pulled by up to four Scammell ballast tractors, a sign of our industrial past gone for ever
Great memories :lol:

mmgemini:
Yes I can...

I can also remember the A1 through The North Riding of Yorkshire from Catterick Village to Wetherby being up-graded to dual carraigeway in 1960/61.
Yes I also drove that road as a single carraigeway......

Pike:
JEEZ!!!!!! I cant remember that,I wasnt born in 1960,but I CAN remember the A64 goin thro tadcaster b4 the York by pass was built,and I didnt know until last week the boot and shoe on Selby road is derelict!!!!

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: "Pike" ---JEEZ!!!!!! I cant remember that,I wasnt born in 1960,but I CAN remember the A64 goin thro tadcaster b4 the York by pass was built,and I didnt know until last week the boot and shoe on Selby road is derelict!!!!
--- End quote ---


Yes The Boot & Shoe is gone now, just essentially a shell.

I've got a 1964(?) OS map (1" to a mile) & the GNR still goes through;
(over) Ferrybridge, Aberford, Bramham &  Wetherby on that.

It's nice to refer to it.


--- Quote from: "Grumpy" ---These were all landmarks we used to look for on the 500 mile journey
I also remember always seeing Pickfords heavy haulage units carrying large diesel engines, ships propellors and big presses etc being pushed and pulled by up to four Scammell ballast tractors, a sign of our industrial past gone for ever
Great memories
--- End quote ---

S'funny.  Iwas watching an episode of the 'Classic Trucks' series 9as voiced by John Peel) a couple of days ago & it featured Wynns & Pickfords heavy haulage quite strongly.

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