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Streets, Roads and Vehicles in 20th century Congleton

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An account of how during the 19th and 20th centuries a rural market town strove to accommodate the increase in road traffic initially generated by growing industrialisation and later by the internal combustion engine, as rising living standards enabled an increase car ownership.

Author:  Peter Boon

Booklet size:  A5

Streets, Roads and Vehicles in 20th century Congleton

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How Congleton coped with the increase in traffic through the twentieth century.

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