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That was the year...
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CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1907 and 1957.
1907
Tyres
"The use of pneumatic tyres on delivery vans in which articles of an extremely perishable or delicate nature are carried is almost a necessity...to overcome the difficulties incidental to the air-filled rubber tube,a material for replacing the air is being marketed by the Elastes company of Westminster, SW Elastes,it is stated,is a mixture of glue,glycerine and chromate salts."
Police
'Close acquaintance with the action of the Noise Committee of the Metropolitan Police does not inspire admiration for many of the decisions and there is a real absence of consistency about them."
Vans
-No longer can it be asserted that only well-to-do firms or companies, who have large capital resources behind them, can afford to purchase motor-vans: nothing more than ordinary business acumen is necessary to enable a single vehicle to prove itself for practically any shopkeeper who is possessed of ambition to enlarge his turnover."
Knorr-Bremse
Commercial Motor is sharing its centenary year with KnorrBremse but the German air brake specialist is actually a few weeks older than we are. Its roots can be traced back to a deal signed by Georg Knorr and machine tool specialist Ludwig Loewe & Co of Berlin on 19 January 1905: the first issue hit the streets on 16 March 1905. Our German friends now employ 11,000 people in 25 countries we're a tad smaller...
1957
Competition
"Ulster's transport may eventually be provided entirely by road vehicles.This possibility... stems from the government's decision to allow free competition in road haulage which the Ulster Transport Authority appears to interpret as a deliberate action for the ultimate and probably early elimination of virtually all the railways in Northern Ireland.—
Radiation
"One hears of a man who kept a comparatively large sample of uranium ore in a lower drawer of his desk,and was subsequently discovered to be suffering from severe burns."
Unions
-Many people are amazed at the way Communist agitators can persuade our workers to strike on almost any pretext, although in Communist countries the 'right to strike' is not admitted."
Artics
-The articulated vehicle lends itself to a wide variety of applications and Britain is able to supply a full range of outfits One of the smallest outfits is a 35-cwt machine for which a Troj an prime mover is employed, while vehicles of around 55-65 ton capacity are available.The biggest tractors include the Thorneycroft MightyAntar, the Rotinoff GR7 Atlantic and the Scanunell Super Constructor... Apart from the six-wheeled prime movers already mentioned there are the AEC Mammoth Major Mk III,Atkinson25-tonner,ERF 16 and 30-tonners, Foden 50-55-tonner.Guy Invincible,Leyland Super Hippo and Thomycroft Big Ben (25 tones and 35-38 tons)."