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That was the year...
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CM was launched in 1905; for our centenary year we're bringing you stories from years gone by. This week we're back in 1952 and 2002.
1952
George VI died overnight of lung cancer at Sandringham House, Norlblk. From 5 to 9 December a London smog killed at least 4,000 people — cattle were asphyxiated at Smithfield. The keel of the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, was laid; Winston Churchill announced that Britain had the atomic bomb.
CM on CVs CM published its third edition of The British Commercial Vehicle Industry; the South Africans were impressed. We have perused this book carefully, and found it to be of very great interest," said the country's Imperial Cold Storage Co.
Mechanical handling "Mechanical handling has mostly been confined to goods which might readily be packed in standard containers," CM reported."The Teleloader, demonstrated last week by University Motors, Lots Road, London,SW10,requires no packaging of goods. Sacks or cases weighing 2-3cwt can be lifted with equal ease. During the demonstration of this equipment 50 sacks of grain, each weighing over 2cwt, were loaded from ground level by the driver and mate in under 20 minutes.
Heavy haulage The 10-minute film Dodging The Column was released. It followed the movement of a 42m distillation column 500 miles from Greenwich to Grangemouth. The commentary was by the rigger in charge; one of the traction drivers talked about the resourcefulness and humour with which these transport workers went about their work. Sonic things never change.
2002
The UN security council froze Osama Bin Laden's assets. George Bush allegedly choked on a pretzel. The US attacked Afghanistan. The Queen Mother died during her daughter's Golden Jubilee year. Sadam Hussein was warned to disarm or face serious consequences.There was a total eclipse of the sun.
Stowaway fines
The row over f2,000-a-head stowaway fines rumbled on with operators planning to take their cases to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg. The UK High Court ruled that the fixed fee fines contravened European human rights legislation.
Foot and mouth fears
After DEFRA had called on operators to lend tractors and trailers for the removal of the vast mountain of carcasses culled during the foot-and mouth-epidemic there were fears about the safety and saleability of the same vehicles once on the used market. DEFRA refused to publish a list of the vehicles used, leaving agricultural haulers in the unenviable position of being unable to check vehicles' histories while contravening their associations rules if they used former footand-mouth trucks for animals or grain.
Dodgy dealings
Government figures revealed that road transport had one of the worst records for dodgy directors who ended up being banned from running com pan ies.The industry accounted for 6% of all disqualified bosses, beaten only by construction. The road transport industry had 55 directors banned in one six-month period.