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          "Brian Watson"  wrote:

> 
> "Graeme Wall"  wrote in message 
> news:37ffc2b84f%Rail@greywall.demon.co.uk...
> > In message 
> >          "Brian Watson"  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Graeme Wall"  wrote in message
> >> news:fa822b84f%Rail@greywall.demon.co.uk...
> >> > In message 
> >> >          Tony Polson  wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "Brian Watson"  wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >There was considrable marketing put into enocouraging
> >> >> >motorists to use motorways, and HOW to use motorways.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Nonsense.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Somebody hasn't been watching the History of the Motorway series
> >> > currently  on the BBC,
> >
> > As someone else has posted the correct title is Secret Life of the 
> > Motorway
> >
> >> > they've shown several clips of COI films doing
> >> > exactly what Brian said.  There's been absolutely zero mention of the
> >> > idea that the motorways were primarily for freight.
> >>
> >> And there I was, thinking I may have imagined it.
> >>
> >> :-)
> >>
> >
> > Part two has actually referred to the fact that motorways were primarily
> > intended for the fast movement of goods, but right at the end.
> 
> Yes, but I didn't say they weren't.

I realise that, I was just updating my earlier comment in the interests of
accuracy.

> 
> I DID say that there was considerable marketing put into encouraging 
> motorists to use motorways, and HOW to use motorways, which is also true.

Some of the latter could usefully be repeated now!

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Graeme Wall
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