From the end of this month, Norfolk County Council was intending to start fining drivers caught turning right into King Street and Carrow Hill from the A147 Carrow Road / Koblenz Avenue between certain times.

A new camera was due to start catching drivers turned into King Street from Carrow Road / Koblenz Avenue between restricted times (Image: Denise Bradley)

Cameras, to capture number plates so penalty notices of up to £70 can be issued, have been in place since February.

The camera installed to catch drivers turning right into King Street from the A147 (Image: Denise Bradley)

But, as part of the process ahead of introducing the fines, officers at County Hall made the remarkable discovery that the order they were looking to rely on expired in 1984.

That was the year when blockbuster films Ghostbusters and Gremlins were newly released in cinemas and Norwich City's famous Milk Cup victory over Sunderland was still a year away.

The order expired the year before Norwich City won the Milk Cup in 1985 (Image: Archant)

The order, banning right turns between 7.30am and 9.30am and from 4pm........

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