THIS confirms what we've always suspected about Scotland's new towns.
THIS confirms what we've always suspected about Scotland's new towns.
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Ken Smith
In the foreword to the just-published Livingston Lives by archivist Emma Peattie, retired local GP Frank Stewart writes: "There is a tale told about the planning of Livingston new town that whenever the designers stopped for a cup of coffee, a round mark appeared on the road plan and a corresponding roundabout duly appeared on the ground."
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THIS confirms what we've always suspected about Scotland's new towns.
In the foreword to the just-published Livingston Lives by archivist Emma Peattie, retired local GP Frank Stewart writes: "There is a tale told about the planning of Livingston new town that whenever the designers stopped for a cup of coffee, a round mark appeared on the road plan and a corresponding roundabout duly appeared on the ground."
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