Talk:Scotch Corner

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West coast traffic The route now called the A66 was once 'the winter road' from Scotch Corner to Glasgow, by way of Carlisle. 'The summer road' runs from Barnard Castle, along Teesdale to Alston, then through Brampton to Gretna. Particularly for cattle droving the shorter route was adventitious when passable.

The Summer Road is one of the most spectacular routes in England. - Brunnian (talk) 14:58, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes: the A1 did not pass through Scotch Corner until 1924. Before that date, the A1 route was labeled A66 as far south as Boroughbridge. The 1923 maps available on the Sabre pages show this clearly. ^[1] Does the first section of this page need a bit of editing? Alphonsus (talk) 22:40, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve removed the following text from the article. The summer and winter terms are unsourced, and the only other references to them online simply make the same, or a similar, claim without saying where it came from. I have no doubt thst older people may recall the terms, or may have heard others mention them, but I can’t find a reliable source. Here is the removed text:

The route now called the A66 was once 'the winter road' from Scotch Corner to Glasgow, by way of Carlisle. 'The summer road' runs from Barnard Castle, along Teesdale to Alston, then through Brampton to Gretna in Scotland. Particularly for cattle droving, the shorter route was advantageous when passable. The Summer Road is one of the most spectacular routes in England^{[citation needed]}. The summer road follows what is now the B6278, B6277, and A689.

--Northernhenge (talk) 13:42, 8 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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^ http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/

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The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Scotch Corner/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

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Keith D (talk) 00:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Issue with Source

Source 1 no longer leads to the indicated website, and leads to an unsecured spam webpage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.104.224.67 (talk) 04:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for reporting the problem. I have added an archive version of the URL & suppressed the original. Keith D (talk)

[1] ttp://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/

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