{"id":1071,"date":"2011-03-31T08:30:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T07:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:57:39","slug":"old-photos-of-the-m1-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/old-photos-of-the-m1-motorway","title":{"rendered":"Old Photos Of The M1 Motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the M1 motorway was opened between 1959 and 1968. These photographs were probably taken some time during that period.<\/p>\n

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Old Signpost to the M1 Motorway<\/p><\/div>\n

Look, no central reservation barrier! If only the traffic flow was still like this today.<\/p>\n

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Old Photo of the M1 Motorway (click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d be very interested to know if anyone can tell me<\/a><\/strong> the exact location of this bridge.<\/p>\n

(From my grandpa’s collection of old slides – see this post<\/a><\/strong> for more information.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of the M1 motorway was opened between 1959 and 1968. These photographs were probably taken some time during that period. Look, no central reservation barrier! If only the traffic flow was still like this today. I’d be very interested … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grandpas-old-slides"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t