Driver's Mate Who Knows His Stuff

ROAD TRANSPORT has supplied several worthy .:ontenders in the BBC Mastermind corn petition, notably Fred Housego, who has become a minor celebrity. The latest is Robert......

Russian Spoilsports Grass On Drivers

WHAT, I WONDER, would happen to British lorry drivers who told a newspaper that many of their colleagues were drunk for much of the day, wasted their time searching for spare......

Frank Gives His Name To A Road

IT IS FITTING that the man who did so much for economical transport by land and water throughout the world should be commemorated in a new twomile £8.9m road that will speed......

Historic Frolics For Once-merry May

LIKE THOMAS GRAY, the 18th century poet, historic commercial vehicle enthusiasts "frolic while 'tis May." They will begin on May 1 by celebrating the Historic Commercial Vehicle......

Naked, Hairless And Unsupported

A GAS MASK is among the items found recently on a South Yorkshire bus. Was it a 43-yearold vehicle that had not been cleaned since the war, or don't they yet know in Yorkshire......

Runners Put Crippled Children On Wheels

TWO DISABLED children have achieved new-found mobility through the stout hearts and aching feet and legs of three Midlands BRS men. Clive Lloyd, company contracts manager at......

"foster Parents" Lose Veteran Buses

THE NORTH EAST Bus Preservation Society's collection of about 50 vehicles dispersed around the country can now be assembled under one roof. An old engine shed at Wardley,......

Double Or Quits On Greek Buses

HOW WOULD breakfast television stand up if British bus operators followed the example of the State undertaking that runs the buses in Athens and Salonika and allowed commuters......