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movies Eihe Oscar-winning picture The Full Monty has put the British Film Industry fairly and squarely back on the map (the last time the Hawk went to the cinema you still got two films, cartoons and a newsreel for your 1/9d). Hoping that some of that celluloid magic would rub off on it, express carrier Parceline grabbed a piece of the action by delivering 11,000 parcels containing the video. Having already grossed more than £50m at UK box offices, the film is now set to break new records due to overwhelming public demand—there were an amazing 300,000 pre-orders. The launch took place at Woolworths in Rotherham, near Sheffield. The store opened at midnight on Sunday 1 March, in readiness for the wave of eager film buffs waiting to engulf it the first deliveries came in a Parceline vehicle sporting The Full Monty livery I wonder if the driver joined in with the spirit of the occasion? On a chilly night in Rotherham, if he's got any sense, he kept his kit on. Quest for guests DIf you've ever worked at Silverstone—be it as a competitor, with the emergency services, in the office or as a cleaner, then you are invited to the venue's Golden Jubilee party on Friday 2 October.
That, I hear, is 50 years to the day since the circuit hosted the first post-war British Grand Prix in 1948.
Everyone who's eligible will be entitled to two free tickets and their families will be welcome.
For more details contact Roger Etcell, director of sales and marketing, Silverstone Circuits, Northants NN12 8TN.
People often talk about the Hawk in racing terms saying that he's been around the track a few times. I really can't think what they mean. Missing bridges (1) Dsn't there a saying that goes something like "if it's not bolted down, people will steal it"? It seems bolts are no problem for today's thieves, who have been targeting roadside bridges in Powys. They've struck at two bridges in Montgomeryshire; in their latest heist they managed to half-inch (that's my cockney roots showing through) 30 metres of aluminium parapet from Llywel bridge on the A40, which wit cost £5,000 to replace. The thieves have been masquerading as contractors, making numerous visits to the sites removing bolts in preparation for the thefts. The perpetrators are putting motorists in a vulnerable position because their activities make the barriers incapable of withstanding the impact of a vehicle. an Blair, the county surveyor, has urged communit es to be vigilant and report anything suspicious ne highway bridges.
Missing' bri es 2 ho says CM readers don't have their feet firmly on the ground? I'm indebted to Leonard Harvey, a reader from the East of England, who not only received a Trucker's Atlas in CM's rece t promotion; he also checked it out to see 1 that all th nasty low bridges were marked.
And, lo nd behold, he found one missing. So we're pleased to pass on his warning of the 10ft-high bridge over the A137 near Cattawade. The message from Len is keep your heads (and your trailers) down. Len, if you know of any other low bridges, the UK's transport managers want to hear from you.
I Little Norberts A Imost as familiar on British roads as the much spotted Eddie Stobarts is the French fleet of Norbert Dentressangle. If, while busily logging your Norberts in your 1998 Anorak's Pocket Book, you have wistfully fantasised of owning your own model, then your dreams have come true. At a scale of 1/43 come a range of Renault Premium tractor units with trailers including a curtainsider, a food tanker, a reefer, a drawbar unit and a chemical tanker. These miniature Norberts normally cost £84.95 apiece—but that's reduced to £70 in a launch offer that runs until the end of April. Get yours from GB Models, 145 Church Road, Flixton, Manchester M41 9ET. Contact: 0161 848 9944.