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To the Hawk this week fell the onerous task of sitting down, reading a book and watching a video. I know, It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it...
BPS The Early Years, 1948-1953, by Arthur Ingram and Gordon Mustoe, charts in detail the conception and creation of British Road Services which came into being on 1July 1948 under the post-War Labour Government's nationalisation programme.
As the authors point out in their preface, this is such a vast subject that it would take several volumes to do it justice, so this book concentrates on the early years and the industries and companies that came together to create BRS.
There are some excellent photos from before and after nationalisation, including a Covent Garden scene in 1952 and road hauliers pictured presenting a petition against Government interference at the House of Commons in 1947, when hats, coats and pipes were very much the order of the day. This is a genuinely informative and absorbing journey into the annals of road haulage history. BAS The Early Years, 1948-1953 is a Roundoak Book available direct from Nynehead Books for £22.60. Truck Scenes—Three from CPP Trucking Videos is one for the real enthusiasts. It opens in Israel with a succession of famous names from Scania to Mack,
• • 424, Then the scene shifts to mixers in Michigan and the tale of Oshkosh 10x6 s rear-engine, multi-axle front-discharge units. Meanwhile in Hastings Collet Heavy Haulage of Halifax is getting to grips with the components of a 580tonne tunnel boring machine coming in by sea on a barge. After some scenes from Sweden the finale, in a Finnish granite quarry, features a Sisu SR bonnetted eight-wheeler. Truck Scenes Three is a CPP/Roundoak video, available direct from Nynehead Books for£16.95
Contact; Nynehead Books, The Old Dairy, Perry Farm, East Nynehead, Wellington, Somerset TA21 ODA; phone, 01823 461997.