On 10th Apr 2021 10:27am, Kaga simpson said:
Rob
Rob-- you said about the longest cul-de-sac. no such thing in my day?, when did Coventry have the first one?
But if you mean a street with only one entrance and exit, then I would say Shilton lane. but what a nightmare cul-de-sacs are, for fire and ambulances, with a narrow
u-turn A fire engine does not have enough space to work properly, nor to turn ladders for control and water direction, and ambulances get held up with cars in the street., and crews get irritated and annoyed.
The expression cul-de-sac comes from French, where it originally meant "bottom of a sack". It was first used in English in anatomy (since 1738). It was used for dead-end streets since 1800 in English (since the 14th century in French)
I'm waiting for the contradiction...... 
