Press officers and guests watching a helicopter take off at the inauguration ceremony for the London to Yorkshire Motorway (M1)

Date:: 24 Mar 1958

Location:: M1, Junction 10, Slip End, Central Bedfordshire

Reference:: JLP01/08/051278

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

The Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Harold Watkinson, had a short flight in a helicopter along the route of the motorway as part of the ceremony.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

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This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

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Ceremony