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One Hears

4th September 1953
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

That the " free " haulier must not get caught up in a legal bramble patch.

That the British way of life is dear (and still becoming dearer) to the Briton.

That Lockheed's orange brake fluid does not go well with gin., except when this forms the payload of a vehicle.

Re "Greengrocers' Lane," someone saying that many a main road in need of repair might be called " Scrapmerchants' Harvest Lane."

That a 67-year-old sister of the first editor of the " C.M." claims to have read every issue from March 16, 1905, to the present time. That the Thornycroft " Big Ben" truck is certainly striking.

From the Chief Constable of Norfolk, that drivers of heavy lorries are the "aristocrats of the road."

Of complaints concerning the new bus fares in London—from the conductors, who say that they involve more work.

Of a feeling that railway accidents are becoming too common in Britain and that something should be done about them.

That a Belfast paper's search for "the most courteous conductor" has established that pre-war courtesy is far from missing in the staff of 1953.

Of one conductor who is also "a diplomat and an administrator." —o— That 12-volt circuits are increasingly favoured on American vehicles.

Look over your shoulder, they're walking behind" and soon foreign competitors may be ahead.

" Coil-spring universal joint," that must be another name for a leg of tough ewe mutton.

From a passenger, that London Transport should stop " mollycoddling " people who use their services.

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