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Load of old cobbles

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On 31 Aug 2017 at 7:48am Incomer wrote:
Is it true that, as part of the current roadworks, the Market Street cobbles will be replaced by tarmac?
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On 31 Aug 2017 at 8:30am Old malling wrote:
They've had lots of problems with it over the years so I wouldn't be surprised. Not sure why the road surface was changed in the first place - maybe to encourage the traffic to slow down as it's a narrow road? It'll be a shame if they do because I quite like it.
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On 31 Aug 2017 at 8:49am Lateral Thinker wrote:
I am sure the cost of relaying the cobbles properly on a suitably prepared base whenever the surface has to be lifted has nothing to do with it....
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On 31 Aug 2017 at 10:31am Horseman7 wrote:
I would / will be sorry to see them go from an aesthetical point of view. However it doesn't half hurt rattling down there in the bus on a bad back day.
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On 31 Aug 2017 at 3:33pm Paddy wrote:
Those frigging "cobbles" are lumps of concrete and have only been there 20 years. Egg on the face of the person who has just set up a campaign to save them - hee hee.
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On 31 Aug 2017 at 7:26pm Administration advice wrote:
Paddy, there is a ban on saying ' hee hee ' or ' tee hee ' anywhere on the Lewes forum. Punishment is litter picking for 1 hour.
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On 31 Aug 2017 at 8:40pm Horseman7 wrote:
Or an hour of pavé polishing.
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On 31 Aug 2017 at 10:37pm The Lewes Fleamarket wrote:
@paddy actually they are only about 6 years old , the road was closed for two weeks and obviously a substandard job was done but i guess at an expensive cost to ratepayers . I believe the road was originally tarmac and was cobbled in the 70s .
 
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On 1 Sep 2017 at 4:40pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
It wasn't that long ago, Fleamarket, I can remember them doing it and I didn't move to Lewes until 1991.
I can also remember the failed attempts to paint yellow lines on them. The lines lasted a few weeks and then wore off. They had at least 2 goes at it before they gave up.
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On 1 Sep 2017 at 6:59pm Old Malling wrote:
Yes, they were put down in the early 1990s (tarmac before) and have been a problem ever since which resulted in them being taken up an relaid once. A nightmare on a bike or on the bus.
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On 1 Sep 2017 at 11:12pm Lopster wrote:
I'd rather tee hee, hee hee, ha ha, heh heh or titter than LOL, PMSL, ROTFL et al
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On 2 Sep 2017 at 8:14pm Cobblers wrote:
@Paddy, I think you'll find they are granite setts, so not 'just lumps of concrete' at all.


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