tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post4001482298336470730..comments2024-03-29T00:09:28.302+00:00Comments on 99% is ....... The Barnet Eye: Putting the boot into the Boris Island BabyRog Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-10198331839320194912014-09-07T17:30:35.366+01:002014-09-07T17:30:35.366+01:00In hindsight, perhaps about a third of the Beechin...In hindsight, perhaps about a third of the Beeching cuts should not have been made. But having a car was the aspiration of millions of people.<br /><br />Congestion only built up slowly, day by day, and modern car adverts are usually shot on clear roads in the Alps or somewhere similar!<br /><br />What governments <i>should</i> have done was protect many disused routes. Then we might have had the Finchley Central-to-Edgware railway back again by now, beyond MIll Hill East.<br />baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.com