Workers on the Millennium Bridge, by reducing the headroom of the bridge while they work, have triggered an ancient by-law of London requiring that a bale of straw be hung underneath to warn river traffic:
@carobmill Modern bridge, ancient traditions. Our charity’s been around for 900 years now, in one form or another. We’ve been bridging London for a long, long time. x.com/citybridgefndn…
@carobmill Modern bridge, ancient traditions. Our charity’s been around for 900 years now, in one form or another. We’ve been bridging London for a long, long time. x.com/citybridgefndn…
@carobmill 2012 is hardly ancient Byelaw 36 pla.co.uk/assets/1090tha…
@carobmill Must have been the weirdest thing to need to order when the contractor was told to get a bale of straw… can’t Amazon Prime that (yet)
@carobmill True? Tradition? It’s the Millennium Bridge FFS?