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The kids are all right
Elhe Driving Standards Agency has declared that from the beginning of this month all candidates presenting themselves for a driving test appointment must produce photographic identification. Helpfully, the DSA spells out what
Now that's what I call heavy
0 he position of this sign, spotted in Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland, appears quite sensibly to dissuade lorries and other heavy traffic from plunging through the front lounge of the neat terraced house behind it. It may be, of course, that the sign refers to the out-of-picture road on its left but the ominous presence of the empty hearse suggests that the occupants are ready for, and perhaps fearing, the worst.
is acceptable as photographic evidence—passport, employer's identity card, Trade Union card, cheque/credit card, student union card, rail ticket card and—wait for it—school bus pass. The latter made me blink but why should youthful joy riders be precluded from taking a test?
The Stark truth
Elhanks go to reader Raymond Selkirk who sent in this picture of a Morris Commercial. The beautifully kept example from the early 1930s is more remarkable for still earning a living hauling flats for a local timber yard—though, like most of us who refuse to give up the ghost, it now works only part time and frequently appears at truck shows. If any other readers happen to have pictures or information on equally venerable working trucks the Hawk would be delighted to hear from you.