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Films to Encourage Coaching
ONE of the useful side lines of Barton Transport, Ltd., the bus concern of Chilwell, Notts, is a film production unit, the studio being part of the electrician's workshop at the Chilwell garage, where a number of travel films has been produced during the past few years.
The latest is a 40-min. sound and travel film of Norway. This has followed successful films of Scotland, Devon and Cornwall, and Paris. They are taken on Barton road cruise routes, cover all the interesting spots and show shots of the most beautiful scenery. Produced by Mr. C. Atkinson, they are exhibited to audiences of up to 500 associated with clubs and other organizations all over the country.
The original recording is silent, the sound track with commentary and incidental music being taperecorded and synchronized with the film. Apart from travel films, Bartons have made a number of 15-min. films of various events and of visits to a number of historic places.
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No Feet of Clay
A HIGH tribute to the drivers of the lorries carrying
china clay at St. Austell, Cornwall, comes from Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Arthur Harris. In a letter to English Clays, Ltd., he said recently that he had never seen anything approaching the consistent good driving and exceptional road manners of these men, and during the worst of the holiday traffic season he had driven many thousands of miles, mostly in Cornwall.
In common with other road users, he had repeatedly experienced irritating delays and sometimes awkward moments inseparable from conditions where the local roads are, in the main, unsuitable, and indeed really dangerous for the traffic that they have to bear. These drivers, however, had proved themselves to be good citizens indeed, and if their methods and their driving could be followed by others the whole problem of road casualties would solve itself. This view corroborates what was said in a recent leading article in this journal.
Winning Feathers in Yugoslavia
AFEW weeks ago, a speech to shareholders was circulated to them by Mr. Sydney S. Guy, chairman and managing director of Guy Motors, Ltd. In it he referred to a number of Guy war-time utility buses, which had been released by London Transport after 8-10 years of operation, driven 1,700 miles to Yugoslavia without overhaul and put into immediate operation. He added that this was 18 months ago and they had continued to give complete satisfaction.
As a result, Mr. Guy has received a letter from a shareholder saying that he had noticed the reference to these old buses and that, while spending a holiday in Yugoslavia last year, he had seen them on the roads in Zagreb, complete with all the original advertisements and routes.
Instead, however, of carrying the normal number of passengers, it was estimated that often at least 100 people were standing on top, inside, up the stairs and on the platform. The roads, he added, were very bad, at each pothole the wheel concerned bounced and touched the under-part of Its mudguard. He wondered how the London bus driver and conductor would react to such conditions, which certainly brought support to Mr. Guy's remark that Guy vehicles stand up to everything.
A Bus as a Police Station
THE county constabulary of Lincolnshire have converted a single-deck bus into a mobile police station at a cost of £400. It will be based on Scunthorpe and travel throughout the county where needed.
This interesting vehicle . can carry 12 men and equipment, and can be used as an office. It will visit races and shows and he available for other special uses. Last year the county police had to borrow from other counties vehicles which could be used in this way, and particularly to deal with the floods emergency.