TIME TRAVELLER
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Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law...what goes around, conies around.
75 years ago 3 January 1928 CM called on the Department of Transport to encourage the use of pneumatic tyres on all types of CV by giving operators tax breaks. We pointed out that while pneumatic tyres had grown in popularity in recent years, sonic operators of heavies still needed an inducement to persuade them to move away from solid tyres.
50 years ago z January 1953
In an attempt to cut congestion at Liverpool docks three British Road Services patrol vans, operating within the port were equipped with two-way radios. This was to enable BRS security teams touring the 40 miles of dock roads to receive information from the Harbour Board HQ and brief CV drivers of the situation at the berth. Almost 4,00x0 BRS vehicles a week used the docks, handling around three million tonnes of exports; 713% of Liverpool's total. The radios had helped cut delays to a maximum of five hours.
25 years ago 6 January 1978 Tanker drivers were in negotiations with major oil companies for a pay rise of up to 25%. Discussions were continuing despite Shell's agreement to put the dispute before the government's Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS). Drivers in the West Midlands staged a one-day strike in support of their claim. Transport and General Workers Union national organiser Jack Ashwell told CM that union members in other areas had been voicing their complaints about the negotiations. "We are basing our claim on the financial ability of the companies to play," he added. "And there is no doubt of that in most cases."