Page Summary: "It's a concrete fantasy, an architect's dream, a planner's delight and the pride of its ultra-modern citizens." With its underpasses ... "I should leave those alone, if I was you...this is governed by the law of ancient lights." When Mr Max Jenkins bought his house - a ...

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"It's a concrete fantasy, an architect's dream, a planner's delight and the pride of its ultra-modern citizens." With its underpasses ... "I should leave those alone, if I was you...this is governed by the law of ancient lights." When Mr Max Jenkins bought his house - a ... The art of 'woggle-hopping' - vaulting over things the height of your woggle, like Royal Mail pillar boxes - is ably demonstrated by ...

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  • "It's a concrete fantasy, an architect's dream, a planner's delight and the pride of its ultra-modern citizens." With its underpasses ...
  • "I should leave those alone, if I was you...this is governed by the law of ancient lights." When Mr Max Jenkins bought his house - a ...
  • The art of 'woggle-hopping' - vaulting over things the height of your woggle, like Royal Mail pillar boxes - is ably demonstrated by ...
  • "Skeptics have - somewhat unkindly - noted that the first appearance of this troublesome ghost was coincidental with the approach ...
  • Glyn Worsnip reports from the small village of Thruxton in Hampshire, about the one man battle of publican John Sinclair to erect ...

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1971: SCARBOROUGH Residents' Bizarre "WINDOW TAX" | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1972: The CURIOUS CASE of the BLOCKED WINDOW | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1971: EAST and WEST SUFFOLK's Bizarre Boundary | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1972: The Great GARAGE GAFFE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1976: Is this Building Site HAUNTED? | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1971: AMAZING Pillar Box-Jumping Pensioner | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1970: CUMBERNAULD - The NEW TOWN with the OLD TAX | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1976: Thruxton PUB OWNER Battles COUNCIL | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
1971: A TOLL Too Far? The CURSED BELL and the CHURCH TAX | Nationwide | BBC Archive
1971: Saltburn's Halfpenny TOLL BRIDGE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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1971: SCARBOROUGH Residents' Bizarre "WINDOW TAX" | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1971: SCARBOROUGH Residents' Bizarre "WINDOW TAX" | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"Under the law of this land, an owner of property is entitled to receive light only from perpendicularly above his property. He's not ...

1972: The CURIOUS CASE of the BLOCKED WINDOW | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1972: The CURIOUS CASE of the BLOCKED WINDOW | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"I should leave those alone, if I was you...this is governed by the law of ancient lights." When Mr Max Jenkins bought his house - a ...

1971: EAST and WEST SUFFOLK's Bizarre Boundary | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1971: EAST and WEST SUFFOLK's Bizarre Boundary | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"The boundary between these two parishes staggers backwards and forwards across this road like a drunken man" - Philip ...

1972: The Great GARAGE GAFFE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1972: The Great GARAGE GAFFE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"Oh there's plenty of room in there, for the largest car, once you get in... but there's the rub."

1976: Is this Building Site HAUNTED? | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1976: Is this Building Site HAUNTED? | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"Skeptics have - somewhat unkindly - noted that the first appearance of this troublesome ghost was coincidental with the approach ...

1971: AMAZING Pillar Box-Jumping Pensioner | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1971: AMAZING Pillar Box-Jumping Pensioner | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

The art of 'woggle-hopping' - vaulting over things the height of your woggle, like Royal Mail pillar boxes - is ably demonstrated by ...

1970: CUMBERNAULD - The NEW TOWN with the OLD TAX | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1970: CUMBERNAULD - The NEW TOWN with the OLD TAX | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

"It's a concrete fantasy, an architect's dream, a planner's delight and the pride of its ultra-modern citizens." With its underpasses ...

1976: Thruxton PUB OWNER Battles COUNCIL | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1976: Thruxton PUB OWNER Battles COUNCIL | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

Glyn Worsnip reports from the small village of Thruxton in Hampshire, about the one man battle of publican John Sinclair to erect ...

1971: A TOLL Too Far? The CURSED BELL and the CHURCH TAX | Nationwide | BBC Archive

1971: A TOLL Too Far? The CURSED BELL and the CHURCH TAX | Nationwide | BBC Archive

"The church itself is a curse, and a highly expensive one." Bob Langley reports from South Queensferry in Scotland, where legend ...

1971: Saltburn's Halfpenny TOLL BRIDGE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

1971: Saltburn's Halfpenny TOLL BRIDGE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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