[Brighton] HB&B’s traditional and well received Old Crocks Thread.

[Deleted User X18H]

This year will shall be taking the short stroll down the hill to watch from the Rookery

It is important to maintain these long held Brighton traditions.

 

[Hillian1]

Will go and take a look as they go past the end of my road.

Good thread.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Decades ago they used to go past the Kings Head at Albourne on the A23. Imagine the fun if they were sent down there along the motorway.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Who is will?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Who is winning ?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

For a nasty moment I thought we were talking about the right back slot
For those on NSC who are devoid of a sense of humour and wish to feel aggrieved on behalf of others.....yes, it was an ageist joke, get over it

 

[dazzer6666]

Didn’t go too well for some. Hope they are ok

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-41879353

 

[LamieRobertson]

Didn’t go too well for some. Hope they are ok

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-41879353

Yes just read that....2 have serious injuries and others with minor ..wishing all involved a speedy recovery

 

[Fungus]

Best wishes to those injured.

I notice the BBC article says the race "... commemorates the Emancipation Run in 1896, celebrating the Locomotives on the Highway Act which raised the speed limit from 4mph to 14mph and abolished the requirement for vehicles to be preceded by a man on foot."

I was wondering about historical car speeds and speed limits, as I recently found a newspaper article about my great-grandfather - he got done for speeding in 1907, for doing "29 miles 1.065 yards per hour".

It was a police trap, timed over 220 yards, and his failed defence was that the police watches were incorrect. Maybe Edna's great-grandfather was the copper?