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The Changing Face of Newport Pagnell | ||||||||||||||
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Construction of the M1, the first major motorway, began on the 24th March 1958.
Most of the people in Newport Pagnell were apprehensive about the effect which such a huge engineering project would have on the landscape of the surrounding area. |
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This picture is taken from Gerald Stratton's book, called 'Newport Pagnell in the Nineteen Fifties', showing the start of the work | ||||||||||||||
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"People said that the countryside will never look the same again"
Voice of Gerald Stratten (local reporter at the time of the motorway construction), during an August 2000 interview. |
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