Until recently, paying to use a road meant stopping at a booth and handing over the money, then it meant chucking the right money into a hopper, and now it means having your numberplate recognised by a robot, or logging in via some sort of GPS related device.
In nineteenth century Norfolk, it was always a face to face encounter. When the daytrippers in - The MARDLINGHAM Saga - meet such a challenge, it's a chance for the younger generation to display some teamwork.
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A length of well maintained Macadamised Norfolk road at the Metton junction, on the way to Felbrigg, near Cromer.
Idyllic view taken from an early coloured photographic postcard.
If anybody has old photos or other illustrations of pre-tarmac Norfolk roads, or early Norfolk photos or old postcards, I'd be pleased to hear from them.
skip2468
I suppose that roads with tax are better than roads with tacks but both seem to be very inhumane - Skip