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Mr. Ernest Marples Opens Ingatestone By-Pass

1959 , Ingatestone (Essex)

Cat no. 212270

Anglia Television report on a the opening of an Essex by-pass.

Newly elevated to the position of Minister for Transport, Conservative MP and former Postmaster General Ernest Marples meets guests, delivers a speech, and cuts the ribbon at the opening of a new dual-carriageway road built to alleviate traffic congestion on a narrow Roman road through the village of Ingatestone.

Featured Events

Opening of the Ingatestone By-pass, 1959

Keywords

Cars; Opening Ceremonies; Roads; Transport

Background Information

Postmaster General since January 1957, Ernest Marples became the Minister for Transport on 14 October 1959 in a cabinet re-shuffle of Harold Macmillan's Conservative government.

  • Production company : Anglia Television

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Mr. Ernest Marples Opens Ingatestone By-Pass

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