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15th May 1964, Page 81
15th May 1964
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By The Hawk VIEW lusy L.A. The election last week of ..!.harles Hodgson, the East Midland Licensing Authority, .s chairman of the East Midlands section of the Institute if Transport reminds me that this has happened to him lefore. When he was South Wales L.A. he held the Lo.T. hair there in 1956-57.

A former Lt.-Col. in the Army, Charles maintains a eritable host of " extra-curricular " activities in Nottingam. Ile is chairman of the Nottinghamshire Army Cadet orce Committee, and is vice-president of the Nottingham ranch of the 1940 Dunkirk Veterans' Association and of 4ottinghamshire R.F.C. and Holyhead R.F.C.

He is also area representative of the Officers' Association, ounder and secretary of the Liver Club, a committee tember of the Nottinghamshire Club, S.S.A.F.A. and the 4ottinghamshire T. and A.F.A. He is a trustee of the donty Hind Boys Club, is deputy chairman of the regional iviI Emergencies Committee, and serves on the regional board for Industry and the local Road Safety Committee. 'hew!

Do I detect new competition or London Transport on the horizon? If so, it may at east jog somebody's arm in getting the protracted paynd-efficiency business settled. It seems that the Layford ;roup is planning to use Peugeot mopeds, with attractive id drivers, as two-wheeled taxis, at 10s. an hour, minimum charge 2s. This would include personal accident over. No comment. 'we-wheel Tax is I'm always very pleased to tear of manufacturers in the motor industry extending a ielping hand to their customers. A recent notable example if this was the help given by a Ford of Britain team to he large grocery concern Allied Suppliers (Scotland) Ltd., vhich is in the process of transferring its transport activiies from various small depots to one large central distribuing centre.

Till now Allied Suppliers' drivers have been delivering roceries to the firm's 290 Scottish branches in small lames commercials. But to lit in with the new plan the ompany bought 25 Thames artic units at the Scottish Show 1st year. Because they wanted their drivers to get some uition in the technique of handling these bulkier vehicles dlied representatives approached Ford on the matter.

A team of experts was soon sent out to demonstrate 'his is the Way

the finer points of artic handling. This comprised S. P. Johnson (expert driver), Neil Blackie (truck sales assistant), George Sutherland (from Ford's traffic department), and a representative of Eaton axles. Three basic courses were given over a period of four days at Allied Suppliers' Shorelands depot and Thornliebank factory. And what did the firms transport manager think of the result? "Thoroughly satisfied ", he said. This, I suggest, is the way to do business.

This month Guy Motors celebrates its 50th birthday. I've just been looking through the "Jaguar Journal" in which the event is marked by the publication of a brief history of the company.

Guy Motors Limited was, of course, launched by Sydney S. Guy when, with the backing of friends, he set up a factory at Fallings Park, Wolverhampton. He led the organization until his retirement in 1957.

I must say that I had forgotten how many "firsts" this company has to its credit. That it had, for instance, produced this country's first six-wheeled double-decker bus (in 1926). And that it built the world's first six-wheeled double-deck trolleybus (also in 1926).

For my part, though, the most engrossing item in this story concerns the outfit which could run on cow dung! Be that as it may, congratulations, Guy. Another feather in the Indian's cap? One More Feather?

Enthusiastic Welcome Hauliers and representatives of local authorities from the North and mid-Wales received what was perhaps the biggest welcome of their lives when they arrived at Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh, recently. Although there were 59 of them, they were mistaken for the Beatles, due to arrive at about the same time. The 59 were on their way to visit the B.M.C. (Scotland) factory at Bathgate, on a trip organized by the Automobile Palace Group of Llandrindod Wells for their customers.

Cinerama on Wheels Live in the South? Seen Cinerama? If not, you may soon have the chance. And you probably won't need to travel far, because Cinerama, it seems, has gone mobile.

The company behind this new venture is Itinerama Ltd. They felt, rightly, that not many towns have a population large enough to justify building a Cinerama theatre, so they hit on the idea of a circus-cinema marriage. The props involved are quite considerable. A huge blue tent (128-ft in diameter), 1,216 folding aluminium chairs, and one very large screen-103 ft. wide and 37 ft. high.

And how is this Super Cinerama Mobile Theatre moved? By a convoy of 42 vehicles—Bedford lorries, Land-Rovers, Crane Fruehauf trailers and Bluebird Caravelle caravans. These recently transferred the theatre from Richmond Athletic Ground, scene of its world premiere, to Brighton and Hove for a tour of southern England.


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