Edge Lane ….. and the great pavement theft …

 To be honest it was less a pavement theft and more a road widening scheme.

And for the story and the pictures I have my old Facebook chum Bill Sumner to thank.

Walking past Longford Park on Edge Lane I have often wondered why there was no pavement running along that stretch of the road.

And Bill supplied the answer which was that “Edge Lane had a pavement until the road was widened, and Longford Park came right up to the wall topped by a hedge. 

This is why the high-level walkway made later had trees both sides of the path”.

And that is that, so thanks again Bill and I leave you with that simple observation that we all gain when we all share our own knowledge.

Location; Edge Lane

Pictures; Edge Lane, undated from the collection of Bill Sumner