[Sussex] The A27 in Sussex (mainly Worthing to Shoreham)

[Weststander]

……also the cars we travelled in …no high entertainment system….air con…cruise control etc …I remember Dad having to hand crank the engine

The radio was literally just R1, or once people hated pop, R2. No power steering, use of the choke, little wonder folk were fitter.

 

[LamieRobertson]

The radio was literally just R1, or once people hated pop, R2. No power steering, use of the choke, little wonder folk were fitter.

We weren’t allowed to have the radio on…Mum wasn’t keen ….entertainment…was counting the cars passing us etc ….I Spy was good to especially if it was something you spotted a mile back

 

[jcdenton08]

We weren’t allowed to have the radio on…Mum wasn’t keen ….entertainment…was counting the cars passing us etc ….I Spy was good to especially if it was something you spotted a mile back

Sounds better than Mum’s Barry Manilow cassettes on repeat

 

[Weststander]

We weren’t allowed to have the radio on…Mum wasn’t keen ….entertainment…was counting the cars passing us etc ….I Spy was good to especially if it was something you spotted a mile back

…. trying to get you to fall asleep. After the first “Are we there yet?” was uttered passing Havant .

 

[zefarelly]

Problem these days is if you build a by-pass, within years housing developments are built in the fields along it, thus meaning junctions are put into the new road making it as bad as before.

We're half lucky here as the South downs is a national park.

 

[BrightonCottager]

You can have your say on future transport priorities here https://transportforthesoutheast.org.uk/our-work/transport-strategy/

While you're there you can peruse the improvements planned over the next 30 years in the Delivery Action Plan p97 onwards. This tries to look at the A/M27 corridor west of B&H as a whole including road, rail, bus and active travel (cycling/walking).

As others have pointed out we have the national park and sea squeezing housing development into coastal towns and onto land north of the Downs. There is NO national or regional spatial plan linking up transport and housing and economic development. The Tories abolished regional planning in 2010.

 

[Sea Cider]

You can have your say on future transport priorities here https://transportforthesoutheast.org.uk/our-work/transport-strategy/

While you're there you can peruse the improvements planned over the next 30 years in the Delivery Action Plan p97 onwards. This tries to look at the A/M27 corridor west of B&H as a whole including road, rail, bus and active travel (cycling/walking).

As others have pointed out we have the national park and sea squeezing housing development into coastal towns and onto land north of the Downs. There is NO national or regional spatial plan linking up transport and housing and economic development. The Tories abolished regional planning in 2010.

Of course they did. Why would that possibly make sense!

 

[stewart12]

There's far too much dependency on cars to get about when there are so many viable alternatives including walking. So many unnecessary car journeys undertaken that that could easily be done without the need for more roads.Paving over the whole countryside for the benefit of the most unsustainable form of transport is never going to be the answer. Traffic is holding things up but always remember that YOU are part of the traffic, not pedestrians, not cyclists, not motorcyclists or those on public transport. Think about how you could make your life easier and more healthy than sitting for hours on end moving at 3mph

this would be fine if public transport was cheaper and more reliable. I commuted to Brighton from Angmering every day for 2 years and was regularly late for work because of delays/cancellations and it also cost me a small fortune

all the time that driving is the most reliable and is many cases cheapest mode of transport it's going to be the most popular

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

Thanks but I’ve tried a lawnmower on my back ..didn’t work

Trying to tow a cement mixer behind a bike can be challenging too.

 

[ClemFandango]

Get a motorbike. Brighton to Worthing is 20 minutes whatever the traffic is like. Plus you can use it to ride up to the Amex on match day and get free parking

 

[tronnogull]

We weren’t allowed to have the radio on…Mum wasn’t keen ….entertainment…was counting the cars passing us etc ….I Spy was good to especially if it was something you spotted a mile back

Pub sign cricket.........you scored the number of runs that the pub sign had legs so, for example, 4 runs for ' The Spotted Horse '. Lost a wicket if the pub sign had no legs.

 

[Poskettspurpose]

Get a motorbike. Brighton to Worthing is 20 minutes whatever the traffic is like. Plus you can use it to ride up to the Amex on match day and get free parking

My Mrs would divorce me, she's terrified of the things.

 

[227 BHA]

Going west I will sometimes head up to the Washington roundabout and go by Steyning just to avoid the A27 in Worthing. It probably takes longer but at least you're always moving

The A27 throughout the whole of Worthing is awful but I can't see it getting any better without going above or below ground- both would be expensive and the latter would look awful

If you’re heading west then no wonder it takes you longer if you head to Steyning from the Washington roundabout as that’s east!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Pub sign cricket.........you scored the number of runs that the pub sign had legs so, for example, 4 runs for ' The Spotted Horse '. Lost a wicket if the pub sign had no legs.

On the motorways (no pubs) it was red car 1 run, white 2, black 4, silver 6. Emergency vehicles were wickets.

 

[Gwylan]

Pub sign cricket.........you scored the number of runs that the pub sign had legs so, for example, 4 runs for ' The Spotted Horse '. Lost a wicket if the pub sign had no legs.

That was a great game. The Fox and Hounds was like Bazball Plus

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

That was a great game. The Fox and Hounds was like Bazball Plus

I'm fairly sure we used to say that pubs like the Fox & Hounds were a six