The highs and lows of city centre parking down the decades
Vandals cashed in on parking meters in front of Bridge House off Wellington Street and brought a free parking boom for motorists.Mystery surrounded the sudden closure of this car park catering for 300 vehicles. Notice to quit was served on the Wilks family - who had run the car park behind the ABC cinema for 55 years - by site owners Norwest Holst.
Car owners living in tower blocks off Park Lane and Malborough Street were being beseiged by motorists from outside the area who pinched their spaces and disappeared into the city to work or shop.St James's Hospital officials warned anyone breaching new parking regulations would have their car 'clamped' and face a fee for its removal. They were designed to stop congestion on the hospital's access roads.
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