At least Durham haven't bothered with the one way malarkey. They've infilled some bus stop lay bys which has caused enough confusion and painted some new cycle lanes, which people just park on. Maybe they'll now get around to hacking back some of the weeds that cover the pavements, since the birds have finished nesting.
And I think some of the one way systems in shops were designed to prank us. At best, they have dozens of people walking along aisles they don't need just to travel 2m from the bread to the veg (the thankfully abandoned one in Durham tesco metro).
At worst they lead to nowhere or all converge in one spot, eg second floor in Fenwick where all the arrows lead to one up escalator. I gave up and walked on the carpet, in there.
RE: Gosforth Single Lane Traffic