Roads Matter; Scotland : booklet issued by the Roads Campaign Council/British Roads Federation, c1957 : George V Bridge, Glasgow and A77 at Prestwick Airport.
The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.
The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.
The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.
Two fine views here, the first of the centre of Glasgow showing the junction between the Broomielaw and Oswald St at Geroge V Bridge. An SBG bus awaits its turn at the junction as an articulated lorry crosses on to the bridge upon which sit a group of vehicles that includes one of GCT's famous tramcars. In front of it are two single deck buses, one I'm sure a GCT vehicle. In the background the railway bridge over the River Clyde shows the approaches to Central Station.
The second image shows the situation at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire where the main A77 Monkton Road did indeed cross the western end of the runway - a situation that on occasion did require, as seen here, a policeman to halt road traffic whilst air traffic took precedence. Amongst the vehicles can be seen some ones pride and joy, PYS 512, and a van for what appears to be Drysdale McLerie, manufacturing confectioners of Hillington in Glasgow. Oddly I only know of Drysdale and Davidson.
Roads Matter; Scotland : booklet issued by the Roads Campaign Council/British Roads Federation, c1957 : George V Bridge, Glasgow and A77 at Prestwick Airport.
The Roads Campaign Council, an umbrella group that comprised a wide range of parties interested in road transport, was backed by the British Road Federation and seems to have been active in the post-war years as road transport began to grow and investment in roads was seen as being tardy. The 1950s saw the serious development of schemes for major routes such as motorways and ambitious plans for new roads as part of urban redevelopments and these would, of course, be brought to fruition in the 1960s onwards.
The Campaign seem to have issued a series of publciity or propaganda booklets and this is called "Roads Matter - Scotland" and this makes you wonder if other regional booklets in the same format were issued? I have similar booklets issued by them for specific groups of English towns. The twenty page booklet has text and a series of images showing congestion in urban areas, such as Glasgow, Stirling and Dunfermline as well as 'dangerous roads' such as the A74 Anglo-Scottish trunk road and the A77, the route from Glasgow into Ayrshire.
The photos are of good quality and show street and roadscapes now lost along with many contemporary vehicles and period features that prove to make for fascinating research! I've scanned and posted a selection. The book credits a designer - John Denison-Hunt FSIA - and although not dated appears to be 1957.
Two fine views here, the first of the centre of Glasgow showing the junction between the Broomielaw and Oswald St at Geroge V Bridge. An SBG bus awaits its turn at the junction as an articulated lorry crosses on to the bridge upon which sit a group of vehicles that includes one of GCT's famous tramcars. In front of it are two single deck buses, one I'm sure a GCT vehicle. In the background the railway bridge over the River Clyde shows the approaches to Central Station.
The second image shows the situation at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire where the main A77 Monkton Road did indeed cross the western end of the runway - a situation that on occasion did require, as seen here, a policeman to halt road traffic whilst air traffic took precedence. Amongst the vehicles can be seen some ones pride and joy, PYS 512, and a van for what appears to be Drysdale McLerie, manufacturing confectioners of Hillington in Glasgow. Oddly I only know of Drysdale and Davidson.