Star Variety

Two rather different entertainments figure in the autumn programme of the Transport Managers' Club London Area. Johnny Speight, author of the BBC series, Till Death Do Us Part,......

Down To The Sea

It is ironic that a traditionally seafaring nation such as Britain should never have won the Americas' Cup throughout the 127-year history of the world's greatest yacht race.......

Class Will Out

After listening to Richard (now Sir Richard) Marsh, then a Labour Minister of Transport, address a meeting of hauliers in Westminster, I commented that he was much funnier than......

Mine Host

If the inclusion of coal mines in sight-seeing tours grows, I foresee the miners demanding entertainment bonus on top of everything else. The idea originated with the National......

Lying In State

It is a great credit to the Morris 5cwt 50cu ft van that 453 of the 8,500 bought by the Post Office between 1953 and 1971 are still in service. One that has 'covered more than......

Wild Lif E • • •

If you call a company Alltransport International you must expect some queer jobs in odd places. One recent assignment was to haul a disabled lorry and a cage of six tigers — one......

Kite-flying With The One-off Job

Cite-flying with one-off jobs ised to be common at the :ommercial Motor Show. I loubt whether some ever urned a wheel under power. rhey were just publicity gimnicks. Others had......