"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:55 +0100, "nightjar" cpb@ wrote:

* Apparently, enough to cover the M1 from London to Birmingham to a
height of several feet, which some people thought was a good suggestion.

That'd be a different M1 from the one that doesn't go to Birmingham, then?
;-)

It would be the first section, junctions 2 to 18, which was considered to be
the London to Birmingham motorway until further bits were built from 1965
on.

Colin Bignell