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Busy Road at Great Barr

The main A34 road through Great Barr is being dug up. How can the local housewives get across to shop at Fine Fare? Time to call in the media.

Non-Fiction 1966 4 mins

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Overview

In the years before the ubiquitious high visibilty vest and traffic cameras road building schemes were far more primitive and pedestrians had to risk life and limb negotiating the road works. In 1966 work was underway on the main A34 Birmingham road at Great Barr. ATV Today reporter Gwyn Richards has been called in by a group of women to join them on their daily battle, with pushchairs and prams, to cross the building site.

Genres
Non-FictionNews
Released
1966
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Great Barr
Language
English

Subjects

Redevelopment Traffic jams