1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144 
Rarkfire was 019,40!terl tel hear from one our "aged" readers
Page 26
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
(his wards got ours) who spotted the deliberate mistake in our 11-17 October News from the North. The so-called Spagthorpe we pictured, says Ian Smart of Chetford, near Macclesfield, is in fact a Morris Commercial from about 1935. Ian should know as this model was the first wagon he ever drove. He recalls: "We used to load It with cotton waste, just as high and with an extension over the cab. Not a bad motor...mind you, the steering was a bit heavy then."
Be also has some advice for one of Spagthorpe's better known employees: "Poor Darren Acne seems lost in Spagthorpes, why not suggest to him that he would be better employed as the local
taxi firm. If he still fancies Sir Jos Spagthorpe's niece Gracie he would find her much mere comfortable in the back of an ACNE carriage."
A truly awful pun, Ian, in the best tradition of News from the North!
Sir Jos replies: "Now lissen, Smart, that whippersnapper Morris pinched idea from me in ffirst place—and ah've made it quite clear to young Acne that if l ever catch him wi our Gracie again he'll find himself posted to R&D dept as a crash test dummy!"