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Tent ahoy!

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20th June 1991

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Page 24, 20th June 1991 — Tent ahoy!

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fil he chill wind of recession may have taken its toll on attendances at the Road Haulage Association's Tankcon last week—but organisers had gusty problems of another kind to deal with.

Unseasonal gales whipped the exhibition tent so much that those inside must have felt they were rounding the horn in a tea clipper under full sail. In fact RHA staff kept having to give out soothing assurances over the PA system that the marquee was designed to withstand blasts of up to 100mph and was quite safe.

However, the Hawk's men on the spot couldn't help but notice that the RHA team had wisely positioned their paraphenalia within easy bolting distance of the emergency exit.