The Power of the Press ?
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ALTHOUGH to some people the job of a Pressman may seem all "bees and honey," 1 can assure you we sometimes have our problems as well. An example of this which I remember only too well, happened recently when I went to see a demonstration of body and chassis repair equipment. The various gadgets were attached, and the demonstration was ready to begin, when up hove a B.B.C. Television camera crew.
All was cast aside (including us poor lowly Pressmen) while arc lights were put up, wires were laid everywhere, sound recording equipment installed arid two cameramen positioned— one on the ground and one atop a large car which had been reversed into the arena and, which finally succeeded in getting the "Gentlemen of the Press" herded up into a tight little corner of the garage. Again all was ready to begin when out went the arc lights.
Once More, Please
SOME 30 minutes later, the demonstration finally got under way and from my remote corner of the garage (we weren't allowed anywhere near the vehicle being repaired) I could just make out what was going on. I felt very sorry for the three mechanics working under the are lights who had to perform their jobs with constant interruptions, stoppages and requests to "move aside a bit." But to cap it all, I think the sound
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recording gentleman came top of the class when a mechanic, having successfully pulled out a badly dented wing, he remarked "That was rather impressive, can you do it again?"
With cries of "hold it a second," " move that light," "I think I'll cut there" and "can you move out of the way at the back please? "still ringing in my ears, I left completely defeated, rather confused and frantically clutching my valuable "handout."
Brownhills' Speciality
DROWNHILLS MOTOR SALES, Watling Street, Brownhills, LoStaffs, did me a good turn the other Saturday, although they wouldn't know anything about it. I was driving south down A5, and just before getting to the Brownhills' place came into a queue of traffic. The cause of the hold up appeared to be at least one lorry a couple of hundred yards down the road right across the road, but it was obvious that the traffic was going to be there for some time.
Brownhills got the emergency call, so their Scarnmell recovery vehicle was soon on the job, but to speed southbound traffic on its way they voluntarily diverted it through the grounds of their own premises from the A5 on to the A452, from which it was easy enough to turn to the left and so get back on to A5 south of the accident.
A very nice thought which I hope was appreciated by all those whose time was saved. Thank you, Brownhills.
Tuned In
IT is regrettable, but nevertheless true, that it is not often these days one can praise the speed of dispatch of spare parts or accessories in response to an urgent plea, so it is a pleasure to put on record the swift reaction of the car radio division of Pye, Ltd. A member of the staff recently appealed for a fitting to enable him to transfer his car radio from one car to another, and said fitting arrived promptly the following morning—it was the right part too!
Incidentally, the radio involved was a Pye TCR 1000, which, is one of the lowest priced sets on the market. Operators who are contemplating the installation of radios in their vehicle cabs could do worse than look into this Pye equipment.