Why does England have cobblestone streets?
2007-02-25 08:50:26 · 8 answers · asked by multipły 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
they were hard wearing and long lasting and allowed the surface to be washed down easily after the horse and carts/carriages finished their days work but once cars became a regular commodity they needed to soften the road surface so covered it with tar
2007-02-27 08:23:52 · answer #1 · answered by suki doo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's partly a shame though - cobblestone streets are so pretty!
2007-02-25 16:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by Prideful 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they make a nice clattering noise under the wheels of horse-drawn Hackney cabs as they make their way through the dense fogs...
Well, in Hollywood England, anyway, which is still largely Sherlock Holmes's London, when it isn't stately homes.
2007-02-25 17:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
COBBLERS-
That is painful!
I do know that by cycling over long stretches of cobblestones
it has a bruises visible on arze side-effect on me for several days afterwards -i believe their leftover from the victorian times and were good for the horses and carts grip on the road,Thats one reason maybe?
2007-02-25 17:08:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were built in the days before large concrete paving blocks or tarmac were invented.
Most of them have now been paved over cos they are difficult to walk on.
2007-02-25 16:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several hundred years ago they were the best way of paving a road as opposed to dirt.
2007-02-25 16:56:42 · answer #6 · answered by Nick W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're weird.
LOADS of countries have that.
Did you get your information from watching the opening credits of coronation street?
Plus, there are hardly any cobbled streeets compared to regular ones.
2007-02-25 17:58:28 · answer #7 · answered by Fluffy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We like them.
2007-02-25 16:56:12 · answer #8 · answered by David H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋