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Bristol pioneer retires
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Cyril Eyles, chief engineer of.
the Bristol Commercial Vehicles company, has retired after 49 years in motor engineering.
Mr Eyles began his career in 1927 with the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company. His career also included spells with the Morris Motors company and a major part in the Bristol Beaufighter aircraft production during the last war.
He has been chief engineer with the company since 1961 and has been involved in the design and development of every post-war Bristol bus and coach chassis. National Freight Corporation has appointed P. C. Bickersteth to the new post of head of manpower development based at NFC headquarters in London.
Victor Clements becomes assistant head of manpower development. The NFC moves have been made to bring together the management's development and training departments which were controlled by J. M. Y. Dickens, who is moving to the National Water Council.
At Midlands BRS John Halstead, from Avon County Council, has been appointed company enginer designate to succeed Stan Gray, who retires later this year.
Derek Weaver, from the Cadbury group, is to become distribution development manager of Midlands BRS at Oxford.
Pickfords Removals have appointed Ian Carpenter, 21, as Warrington branch manager. He moves from Burnley where he was an area assistant to the northern area manager.
On the passenger front Leslie Sharp has been appointed assistant traffic manager designate of the West Yorkshire Road Car Company from July 1. He succeeds Clifford Craven, who retires on July 31.
Grampian Regional Council has appointed Charles Parslow as deputy director of public transportation as successor to J. S. Westaby.
Mr Parslow moves to his new job from London Country Buses where he is area manager (north). He takes up his new job on July 19.
The London Centre of the Institute of Traffic Administration has appointed its officers for 1976/77: chairman F. Waterman; vice-chairman, N. Williams; secretary, E. W. Hogg.
We record with regret the death of Trevor Thornton, managing director of Northern Ireland Carriers until his retirement in 1971.
Mr Thornton joined Pickfords in 1925 and held a number of appointments until he became area manager for the Isle of Wight in 1946. He served as divisional manager of the British Waterways Board and as assistant general manager before becoming managing director of British Roadrailer. He was invited to form Northern Ireland Carriers in 1965.
A former managing director of the National Freight Corporation, Mr G. W. Quick Smith paid tribute to Mr Thornton: "Few know the immensity of the difficulties he so cheerily surmounted — rescuing road haulage from a by then moribund UTA; breathing new life into people whose morale had sunk abysmally."