Smoky - but not the bear

[jwhi]

I remember speeding along the Preston bypass in our Ford Thames van - I sat in the back in a loose car seat, facing backwards to watch out for the police! Vans were limited to 50mph I think at that time.
I suppose it could only have been a couple of years later when they built the M6 to connect to the bypass, I was at Balshaw's at the time, as you must have been Noel.
The area where I live now is going to see HS2, the Oxford-Cambridge rail line and a road upgrade to M'way standard also Oxford-Cambs, mostly 4-5 miles from us fortunately. Feel sorry for the people in the villages in the line of fire though........

John