SHREWSBURY – In a time when cars with all kinds of technology are all the rage, it’s easy to forget that until recently there was a time when cars didn’t exist. When cars started appearing on local roads, some residents were not thrilled.
One person, using the pseudonym “Rube Howe,” sent a letter of complaint to a local newspaper. Worcester driver who must have been charged with driving too fast in Shrewsbury threatens Shrewsbury to wipe out ‘AAA Automap’ as (apparently) done in town of Leicester I seem to have written a letter to
The Shrewsbury writer goes on to say that this “means that a man or woman who owns a good foal or a good horse can drive on the road in relative safety. It means you don’t have to be afraid to take a soothing drive in a cloud of dust and gas, you don’t howl at 30 miles an hour, you wrap yourself up like an Egyptian mummy, you wrap yourself up like a submarine diver. I put on my goggles and am oblivious to all but the sensation of galloping through space, contentedly jogging down pleasant hillsides and shady trails, chatting, laughing, singing, cars. It disappeared from the map of , but I’m glad I’m alive.”
The author concludes: our last ride.
Considering the amount of traffic, how fast people were driving, and how many horses were left in Shrewsbury today, ‘Rube Howe’ seemed a big mistake!
