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Drivesafe Manchester... launched a "new" safety initiative in Bolton Town Centre today.

My sister Jazz who teaches in Bolton had nipped into town for some bits and bobs.. over her lunch and found them in Victoria Square .. by Bolton Town Hall.


She did give a comment to the press.. but was not quoted as she was perhaps too much of a "rebel"


Jazz.. in an e-mail to me tonight




It seems per her cutting of the press that these lovelies were to "evoke the essence of the era"

But significantly .. per the press release from the Bolton News.. Drivesafe's initiative is to put across that the standard of driving back in the 70s (and I learned to drive in .. um.. 1976.. .. errrr... no I am young.. young I tell you! )

well .. the standard of driving was








Tom.. do you agree here? and how far have these cams then undermined this courtesy?

In those days.. I know.. I knew police were about. I could see them.. and being a well brought up boy.. I had and still have respect for them. (I admit I have fun "chatting with them on-line.. and being a bit of a wide lad though but .. have relatives who are and I know just how far I can banter and tease really

I like this bit
I wonder why



Errr.. speed cams Mr Drivesafe.. mobile vans.. set just at the safe bits but you claim otherwise.. and you are wondering why "Houston.. we 'as a problim" :gatso:


But .. you are at least listening to us .. perhaps. We as family group are some of those people behind those letters.. after all


I admit to being "moved and encouraged " by the fact you appear to at least be listening just a bit


You say in the Bolton News




HaH! Exonerated.. C O A S T WE KNOW THIS HAS TO BE THE RIGHT MESSAGE .. and I have to just shout about it now.,






I have to agree with her. Blimey


Or


are they lurking on THIS site and realising that we have a point .. a serious one?


This idea has rhe whiff of an IG post of the past. In his Hendon Notes.. and in Paul's own advanced driving tips too.

You know.. if this is the case then all the more to the man who started it all and why his life should be remembered and celebrated.

The piece also reminds that 1970 had 10m privately owned cars to today's 28 m


That the Cortina was the car of choice .. 1300 XL saloon at "1014, 8s 5d"



I show my age as I know the values


Dream cars were Starsky's Torino (Starsky & Hutch) and the Professionals' Capri .... with Jack Regan's Granada..

In 1970 .. we had 200 081 road miles


Today we have 247 305 miles.

and how many more cars


In 1970 we paid 15p for a litre petrol Today we pay £103.7 dependent on where we live as I know I pay more here than Jazz and Ju-Ju in Manchester ..



But .. even so.. it is not looking back on my boyhood with nostalgia.


I do think life was simpler and more polite back then.

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The past looks good now. Did we take the wrong path in the '70s? Most countries are still recognizably themselves, but Britain has changed completely. I don't know what it stands for anymore.

The Scottish seem to hold on to something of their identity, and perhaps the Welsh too. But England seems bereft now. There are too many graspers. There is only any sense of national unity during sporting tournaments, which inevitably lead to more disappointment. It's amazing that such a country should fall so far, so fast. What could be to blame? How can it be changed?

There are times when I envy the riff raff Swiss. They have a national regional costume and custom which the riff raff take part in - with enthusiasm. they wave bayonets about



But really.. for all the dressing up ..

It's still a complete rejection of manners and polite decency which is the nub of our problems as a society.


I quite like the headteacher who has put the ethic of "keeping up decent appearances such as ironing a shirt, laying a table etc back into education"


I like the return of the "dinner party" too as this enourages social gathering in domicile ambience
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Plus the ethic of cooking properly as wel as socialising even if the real motive is to light up a ciggy legally .


But the knock on positive could be a return to gentler lifestyles all the same.

I do try to see the positive and if the anti-smoke thing promotes a closer domestic embrace of friendships - then this can be a big positive too,.

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