A man standing in a field of cows talking to the project manager for section B of the London to Yorkshire Motorway, sitting in a Land Rover

Date:
1 Jun 1958
Location:
Central Bedfordshire
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Milton Keynes
Reference:
JLP01/08/055248D
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

In the negative register, this photograph is recorded as being part of a batch taken to show flooding on the route of the motorway. The man sat at the wheel of the Landrover is believed to be R Spencer, the project manager for section B of the motorway. Section B of the London to Yorkshire Motorway ran roughly between Ridgmont in Bedfordshire and Gayhurst near Newport Pagnell.

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

Content

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

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Motorway, Animals, People, Road Transport