I’m robbing stories from you lot this week, because of the time pressure. Things I have learned in the last few weeks from the Laundry pals:
Archive > June 2006
Crossing Spotting
On this day in 1961: Panda replaces zebra at road crossing
A new type of road crossing with push button controls for pedestrians was introduced. The new crossings consisted of triangular black and white stripes (hence panda)- instead of the rectangular stripes at zebra crossings. There was a push button on either side [...]




