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By The Hawk
Page 60
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BIRD'S•
EYE VIEW
A note of real topicality was struck on Wednesday of last week by the appearance of one of the new Roden van semi-trailers at the opening day of the Dodge Sales-drive Week held by R. Partridge (Cassington) Ltd., Eynsharn Road, Cassington, Oxford. This was before the new Baden was announced by ourselves, even! Roy Partridge, who prefers to concentrate on commercials rather than cars, went into business only about 11 years ago, yet his company has built itself up into a formidable power in the truck world around Oxford. Roy has recently taken on Don Baggett as sales manager— Don used to be a Dodge demonstrator, so he knows trucks and truckers of old. The Dodge vehicles on display included two examples of the T310 double-drive 20-tongross six-wheeler, a T308 six-wheeler with concrete mixer/ agitator body and a 24-ton tractive unit.
The weather was fine too, whilst the occasion also gave Roy's luncheon guests a chance to try out the new Berni's Steak Bar, at the Even lode Hotel just up the road. This Bar is designed to provide quick steak or fish meals for road users—it's certainly worth a visit by meat-eaters in a hurry. On the Bali What chance, would you say, has a bus driver in this country of being awarded one of the country's foremost honours? Such a thing happened recently in Russia, according to the Soviet Information Service. Ivan Latin, an old trolleybus driver was given the highest order of the U.S.S.R.—the Order of Lenin. Ivan, who has been driving for 25 years, made a farewell run along the streets of Moscow on June 22, before retiring on pension. During his career, he is reputed to have covered more than 3 us. kilometres (1,870,000 miles) of Moscow road—and to have carried some 6 m. passengers. I wonder how they worked that out?
Ivan also received a number of presents from his fellowdrivers—and a bouquet of flowers from a group of passengers. Very generous. Bus drivers sometimes get pensions here,i of course—but no medals. And British passengers don't give flowers—just the occasional fruit ... raspberries! Anyone for Russia?
A Great Tribute
The Triplex Sir ... I have news for those of
doubtful memory who may have been out of the country since Christmas—this is Shakespeare's quartercentenary year. The Triplex safety-glass firm has published some of n2
the bard's quotations which they think particularly relevant. The following, for example:— The Triplex, Sir, is a good tripping measure."—Twelfth Night. "My kingdom stands on brittle glass......—Richard III. "The glass of fashion and the mould of form."—Hamlet. Another quotation was suggested as being apposite for the futurd—" Full, of strange shapes."—Love's Labour Lost. A prediction, I feel, that will by no means apply merely to the world of glass—judging by some of the oddlooking edifices recently erected in the name of architecture in London Town.
Bound for Detroit Congratulations to Howard
Padgham, a 26-year-old Hastings engineering graduate, who has just won a place at the Chrysler Institute of Engineering in Detroit. Howard, who has just completed his studies at Nottingham University, will take a two-year course in Detroit.
Commenting on this Mr. George A. Kozloff, director of engineering at the Kew factory of Chrysler Motors Ltd. and Dodge Brothers (Britain) Ltd. remarked: " Padgham is the fifth graduate we've chosen to study in Detroit. When he qualifies he'll be back working with the engineering staff at Kew which includes the first two students we sent out under this scheme. The others are making good progress and I am much encouraged by reports I get from Detroit." Fin glad to see that it is planned to continue to select at least one British graduate a year to study at the Chrysler Institute.
Bedford L.D.O.Y.? Colleague James Millen tells me that one of the many interesting people he chatted with on Sunday at the Southend heat of the L.D.O.Y. competition was Mr. Cyril Robinson, chairman of the Eastern area of the R.H.A. He and several other officials from the Bedford area were taking a very close look at the Southend proceedings, because, it seems, they are hoping that it will be possible to stage a round at Bedford next year. One of the party said he was quite sure that such an event would be ,very well supported, in view of the amount of industry in the Luton and Bedford area.
No doubt the party picked up a lot of useful information from their day at Progress Road. My colleague hopes that the delays, which again plagued the Southend heat this year, will not have created too many misgivings in their minds. Probably not, for I hear, they appeared in the best of spirit and full of enthusiasm.