Rush hour in Bournville

Post by **Mick F** » 11 Sep 2020, 4:24pm

Why are they cycling on the right?
Is it to get past all that horse poo?

rualexander · Post by **rualexander** » 11 Sep 2020, 4:31pm

Mick F wrote:Why are they cycling on the right?
Is it to get past all that horse poo?

Maybe there was a photographer and associated paraphernalia standing in the road?

roubaixtuesday · Post by **roubaixtuesday** » 11 Sep 2020, 4:35pm

Mick F wrote:Why are they cycling on the right?
Is it to get past all that horse poo?

Maybe scanned and inadvertently flipped.

mumbojumbo · Post by **mumbojumbo** » 11 Sep 2020, 4:37pm

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Cyril Haearn · Post by **Cyril Haearn** » 11 Sep 2020, 7:24pm

Obviously a one-way stretch because so many ladies took up cycling, +1!

Mike Sales · Post by **Mike Sales** » 11 Sep 2020, 7:26pm

Mick F wrote:Why are they cycling on the right?
Is it to get past all that horse poo?

Because there is no stream of motors to confine them to the gutter.

ferrit worrier · Post by **ferrit worrier** » 11 Sep 2020, 7:38pm

could be before the rule was made to drive on the left?

Jdsk · Post by **Jdsk** » 11 Sep 2020, 7:45pm

That rule was introduced in 1835.
Cadbury moved to the site in 1879.
The photograph was taken in 1905.

Jonathan

Mike Sales · Post by **Mike Sales** » 11 Sep 2020, 7:48pm

ferrit worrier wrote:could be before the rule was made to drive on the left?

I find that left hand side travel was made mandatory in 1835, but the safety bicycle was not invented until the 1860s, and the motor car, of course, rather later.
The fashions in the photo would date it too, for somebody more knowledgeable in that field than me.

I see Jdsk has beaten me to it.

Post by **Mick F** » 11 Sep 2020, 8:30pm

roubaixtuesday wrote:
Mick F wrote:Why are they cycling on the right?
Is it to get past all that horse poo?

Maybe scanned and inadvertently flipped.

This was my thought too.

Does this look better?
Which side are the chainwheels?

Jdsk · Post by **Jdsk** » 11 Sep 2020, 8:40pm

It's Bournville Lane... anyone fancy having a look on StreetView?

Jonathan

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 11 Sep 2020, 8:50pm

I've a feeling the pic has been posted on here before.

mercalia · Post by **mercalia** » 11 Sep 2020, 9:27pm

Si wrote:

first evidence of the multiverse theory :shock:

[XAP]Bob · Post by **[XAP]Bob** » 11 Sep 2020, 11:19pm

Or maybe the traffic effectively makes that a one way road twice a day (in opposing directions).

I think the original orientation was correct - no sign of any sprocket on the closest side of the closest bike - though I think I see a hint of a chain case on the other side

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