Jammed up

This has not been a good week to drive into town. The problem lay in Castlegate, a street name that is a reminder of the time when this town had a fine castle adjoining the market place, until it was pulled down in about 1176 on the instructions of Henry II in the aftermath of an unsuccessful rebellion. The road was half closed while men in bright jackets dug away, and traffic light control was in force. The inevitable result was a jam back along Westgate and even down into Finkle Street. Those in the know took diversionary routes along Cemetery Road and Newsham Road….