bird's eye view by the hawk Commercial Motor takes road haulage very seriously. However. once a week our quirky corre
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spondent, , steps off his perch to take a humorous look at the industry to keep us all sane. If you have any off-beat yarns that illustrate the stranger, or sillier, side of the business, he'd like to hear from you. As a softhearted old bird, he's also happy to publicise charitable works— and is always interested in events for the vintage vehicles he drove as a fledgling. Drop the Hawk a line at Commercial Motor, Bird's Eye View, km H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 SAS, or fax him on 0181 652 8969.
Sweet ininiatures
Of the Metropolitan Police ever started a chocolate detection squad, Foden the dog would be first in line for the job of sniffer hound. He has been known to seek out and consume the contents
of confectionery tucked away in the most ingenious of hiding places. But his doggy senses would become rather confused over Corgi's new Cadbury's Collectables, for the packaging on the models actually smells of chocolate. To celebrate a hundred years of Cadbury's, Corgi has matched nostalgic • Cadbury's logos with classic vehicles from a a times gone by. Two of the models from the
. range pictured here are a Foden FG cylindri
;., cal tanker bearing the Cadbury's Dairy Milk -'• i:,.
4 ,.,--logo and a Model-T van sporting the livery
0, of Bournville Cocoa. They retail from
£18.99 and you can phone 0116 282 6622 for a list of stockists or send an SAE to Corgi Classics, Harcourt Way, Meridian Business Park, Leicester LE3 2RL.