02-May-2003, 07:02 PM
Bill, friends of ours live within 5 minutes walk of Cheltenham town centre. The police issued them with residents' traffic cones (nice royal blue and gold to befit "Regency Cheltenham"!). These are supposed to be placed outside the house to ensure residents have a space to park outside their own homes. But shoppers drive up, chuck the cones down the basement steps and park in front of the houses anyway!
I was in Sheffield last weekend, but in the Whirlow area - not in the city centre, so I didn't get to see the trams. The ones in Manchester are a bit scarey - they come up so quietly behind when you're crossing the road! When the old tram system was in place in Manchester in the 20's and 30's, my grandad got his motorbike wheel stuck in the tram line and had to "go with the flow" for a while before he could release it! LOL!
I was in Sheffield last weekend, but in the Whirlow area - not in the city centre, so I didn't get to see the trams. The ones in Manchester are a bit scarey - they come up so quietly behind when you're crossing the road! When the old tram system was in place in Manchester in the 20's and 30's, my grandad got his motorbike wheel stuck in the tram line and had to "go with the flow" for a while before he could release it! LOL!