When I worked in Sydney in the 60s they painted yellow lines down the middle
of the footpath (sidewalk) with signs saying walk on the left, after a year or
so the lines and signs wore out and they didn't repaint them as no one took
any notice of them. When I left Sydney in the late 90s it was still dog eat
dog, I find it hard to believe things have changed.
Don Hardie
OZ
BN1
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From: Patrick and Caroline Quinn
<p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
To: sjnnock@sbcglobal.net; HealeyRick
<healeyrick@yahoo.com>
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, 29 November, 2009
9:54:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Keep left
G'day
Yes we certainly drive and
walk on the left in Australia. The right is
reserved from the drop bears when
they fall out of the trees.
We also stay to the left on escalators, while I
read the other day that in
London they stand to the right on escalators.
Walking on the left was something I found quite interesting while we were in
the US. Frequently we would forget and not move to the right. It didn't take
long before it was made clear to us that we were on the wrong side.
By the
way I was at the historic racing today and in one mixed race it was
an
interesting and surprisingly close duel between an AH 3000 Mk1 and a
Cooper
T51.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team..net]
On Behalf Of Norman Nock
Sent: Sunday, 29 November 2009 7:04 AM
To: HealeyRick
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Keep left
I left England in
`1954 , we need an answer from a member in the UK Norman
Nock
--- On Sat,
11/28/09, HealeyRick <healeyrick@yahoo..com> wrote:
From: HealeyRick
<healeyrick@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Keep left
To:
healeys@autox.team.net, sjnnock@sbcglobal.net
Date: Saturday, November 28,
2009, 11:10 AM
Norman,
I've noticed that not only do we Americans keep right
when driving, we do it
when walking on sidewalks or down a hallway as well.
Do the British "Walk
left"?
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