A row over the colour of tarmac sent a Merseyside town into meltdown.
In 2017 Lord Street in Southport was resurfaced, a move that caused kickoffs throughout the former Lancashire tourist hotspot.
Lord Street was historically red, with the road being seen as iconic to those who lived there, but this all changed when Sefton Council took the decision to lay black tarmac, a suitably cheaper option, rather than red asphalt when the road needed work.
