1

Foolscap Booklet. M1 opening Brochure, London-Yorkshire Motorway, First Section, London-Birmingham, Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation, 1959, 21 pp including 2 plans and aerial photo

2

Book, The London- Birmingham Motorway, L T C Rolt, South of Luton-Dunchurch-Crick Section. 1959, 64pp including many illustrations

3

Booklet, London-Yorkshire Motorway. South of Luton-Watford Gap-Dunchurch-Crick. Special Road. Brief Description of History Design and Construction. Sir Owen Williams & Partners. September1958. 9pp, 4 drawings, 1 plan

4

Folio, M1 St Albans Bypass, D E G Redston. 1999

History of the Motorway Construction. D E G Redston. 9pp

Photos, Tarmac (now Carrilion Construction) Staff 1 no. Site 9 no, Aircraft Crash 2 no

Leaflet 'The Shaw Finisher' 1 p

Motorway Supplement from Herts Advertiser & St Albans Times October 30, 1959

Lunch Details. 2nd November 1959 on the Occasion of the opening of the London-Birmingham Motorway, Menu, Invitation & Acceptance, Table Plan

Letter from Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport stating that he will be opening the motorway

Vogue Magazine,'Big Big News', 3 pp

Copy of speech by Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, 7th September 1959, 9pp

5

Photos, M1 Luton-Crick (Northants). Formal Starting and Early Works, 5 no

6

Press Notice (a) Minister Opens Britain's First Long-Distance Motorway and Speech (b) 2nd November 1959. 2pp

7

Letter and Note. M1 St Albans Bypass. J H Lea. 18th October 1996r 3 pp

8

Letter. M1 St Albans Bypass, J H Lea. 15th January 1997. 2pp

9

Letter. M1 Luton-Dunchurch, David Jones. 10th September 1997

10

Letter, M1 Watford-Brockley Hill, Arnold Davey, 27th January 1998

11

Recollection, M1 Luton-Crick (Northants) and M45 Dunchurch-M1, R H Soper, April 1999, 19pp

12

Recollection, Ml St Albans Bypass, John Banbery, 2pp

13

Notes, Ml St Albans Bypass, John Banbery, June 1999, 4pp

14

Letter, Ml St Albans Bypass, Roy Kinnear,28^th November 1999, 4pp

15

Record, Ml St Albans Bypas, Peter Fells, 19pp

16

Record, Ml St Albans Bypass, Peter Toole, 5pp,inc 2 photos

17

Article, setting out large-scale road works, Peter Toole, The Surveyor, 20 July 1957, p767 and 768, 2pp

18

List, M1 St Albans Bypass et aI, Files in Hertfordshire County Council Trunk Roads Office, Peter Toole, Ip

19

Tribute, Eulogy at Memorial Service to Peter Alexander Toole, 10 February 2001, 7pp

20

Record, M1 Luton - Crick, A H C Young, 7th December 1998, 3pp

21

Folio, M1- M45 Historical Information, Mini-archive, S Biszysko M1 Drawings List. Schedule of 26 items (attached below)

22

Key plan, M1Crick - Doncaster Bypass Special Road

23

Team Spirit, Laing Monthly News Sheet a.July, b.August, c.September, d.October, e.December 1958 containing articles about M1 5 editions

24

Extract from 'Team Spirit', December 1959, Premiere of Motorway Film about M1, 3pp

25

Newspapers, Articles about M1, The Luton News, June and August 1958 and April 1959, Chronicle and Echo, April and November 1959, 5 editions

26

Newspaper, M1 The road local government helped to put on the map, Barrie Pepper, NALGO?, 1960?, Ip

27

Booklet, M1 The safe motorway, Unilever Limited, Information Division, 1965, 16pp

28

Journal, M1, Carl Tusler and John Price, The Surveyor, 28 December 1968, p9 - 16, 8pp

29

Journal, M1; unusual solution to logistical nightmare (widening of dual two-lane motorway between Watford and Hemel Hempstead), New Civil Engineer, 28 September 1980, p22 and 23, 2p

30

Booklet, M1 The Hendon Urban Motorway, Ministry of Transport, W S Atkins and Partners, Holland & Hannen and Cubitts, Cementation, Marples Ridgway & Partners, May 1965, 27pp inc many illustrations

31

Leaflet, Hendon Urban Motorway, Southern Extension of the M1 Motorway in London, W S Atkins, July 1976, 2pp

32

Leaflet, Hendon Urban Motorway, Fiveways Interchange, London, W S Atkins, October 1976, 2pp

33

Leaflet, Hendon Urban Motorway, Staples Corner Interchange, London, W S Atkins, September 1981, 2pp

34

Site Booklet, M1 Staples Corner Interchange, W S Atkins, early 1980's, 8pp

35

Folio, Press Release for technical press visit to M1 Fiveways Interchange contract, Cementation, 10th December1969, lOpp inc 5 drawings and 2 site photos

36

Journal, Hendon Urban Motorway - Fiveways Interchange, P A Brown, B P Pritchard, V J Davies and D P Maguire, Institution of Highway Engineers Journal, August 1971, p7 to 16, lOpp

37

Journal, Urban Section of M1, The Hendon Urban Motorway, P A Brown and B P Pritchard; Construction Problems, Hendon Urban Motorway Contract 5, C S Charles, Institution of Highway Engineers Journal February 1975, p 16 to 27, 12pp. (This edition of the Journal also contains Part of A1 Through Hatfield, M Hardy, and London Orbital Road Road (A406) between A10 and M11, R M Hollis. The articles form part of the papers presented and discussion at the Fourth British Regional Congress of the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses (PIARC) held at Cardington, Bedford 30th and 31st May 1974.)

38

Brochure, M1/A406 Staples Corner Interchange: the Asphapol Buried Joint System

39

Information Sheet, M1 Motorway Widening between Junction 5 at Berrygrove (A41 interchange south of Watford) and Junction 8 at Breakspears (A4147 interchange south of Hemel Hempstead), Laing, September 1982,5pp

40

Article, M1 Reconstruction at Junction 8, A H Humphreys (a ) Journal of the Institution of Highways and Transportation, August/September 1985, p31 to 33, app, (b) draft article, 8pp

41

Leaflet, M1 Junction 2 to London Gateway Services (Scratchwood), Major Motorway Maintenance, Highways Agency, early 1990's?, lp

42

Cutting, Supermac's M'way first, Daily Mail, 24th November 1999, lp

43

Photos, M1 Hendon Urban Motorway South, Staples Corner Interchange with A406, site photos, 6 no

44

Paper, The London - Birmingham Motorway, Traffic and Economics, Road Research Technical Paper No 46, RoadResearch Laboratory and University of Birmingham, HMSO, 1960, 89pp

45

Public Consultation Document, M1 Junction 19 Road Based Study: Junction Improvement Proposals (Interchange between M1, M6 and A14), Highways Agency, Government Office for East Midlands, July 2002, lOpp

46

Leaflet, M1 Junction 15A Improvement Scheme (incorporates tunnel under M1 for A43 using 'box jacking' technique), Highways Agency, February 2003, 4pp

47

Torch with red, yellow and green shades used by intrepid police in early days after the M1 was opened in 1959 to control traffic in emergencies. At that time there was no legal speed limit!