The New Tamar Bridge
From the collection of
From the collection of
Westward Television cameraman David Howarth climbs atop his custom-made Outside Broadcasting Ford Anglia estate and is the first to film the new road suspension bridge over the River Tamar. The bridge's toll booths are the finishing touches to link the counties of Devon and Cornwall and four shillings and sixpence (4s 6d) or the equivalent twenty-two and a half pence return was to be charged.