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Trawling through some interweb stuff, I came accross this from the London To Brighton run...
...there's a though... PH L2B...
edited to say, there are two T's in thought...
>> Edited by scruffy on Tuesday 26th July 13:10
...there's a though... PH L2B...
the website said:
Saturday 14 November 1896 was a red-letter day in the history of British motoring: the Emancipation Run' from London to Brighton celebrated the passing into law of the Locomotives on the Highway Act, which raised the speed limit for 'light locomotives' from 4 miles per hour to 14 mph and abolished the requirement to be preceded by a man on foot.
The need for the man on foot to carry a red flag had actually been abolished in 1878, but the Locomotive Act was still widely known as the 'Red Flag Act' and a red flag was symbolically destroyed by Lord Winchilsea at the start of the 1896 Run.
The 1896 event was a demonstration that the automobile had come to stay. The organisers' instructions stated: "Owners and drivers should remember that motor cars are on trial in England and that any rashness or carelessness might injure the industry in this country."
edited to say, there are two T's in thought...
>> Edited by scruffy on Tuesday 26th July 13:10
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