When it first opened it was 2 way traffic while the old tunnel was refurbished. If you look at the lettering they allowed for Sir instead or Mr. He never got his knighthood.
My grandad was the Mayor at the time and was present at the opening stood behind Plummer as he cut the ribbon. I just googled it and got a nice surprise as my grandad can be seen smiling his head off!! (on U tube). I'd kinda forgotten what a happy man he was.
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