NEW JOBS accepted by phone by and 9am one day: • Shifting files cabinets from W1 to Rickmansworth.
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• Moving catering supplies in the City.
• Taking office equipment to Paris for a finance company.
• Collecting calculators and digital watches in the City for delivery to Newark and Nottingham.
• Transmitting photographic equipment across London.
• Furnishing company equipment to be moved.
• Several jobs for an exhibition contractor.
• Delivering goods for a brush manufacturer.
• A photographic studio needs several cookers returned to a client.
• Take roof insulation material from Thornton Heath to the City.
— By 10am all the boxvans except one are on the road, but some are expected to be clear soon for other orders; the control staff take a break for bacon sandwiches — it's a relatively quiet day, they say. But they never close before 8pm — Monday to Saturday. Their biggest problem? Several drivers have 'flu. However, there is a large number who will come out in an emergency, or if a moving job comes up needing many hands.