Lucky Trio

he Hawk offered a selection of goodies to readers in a spring clean competition on 23 May. The question was, what was the original title of the Bedford Transport Magazine?......

Not The Ticket

A ccording to Private A ccording to Private Eye magazine the most remarkable thing about Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind's plans for solving Britain's transport problems is......

Fil He Thornycroft Society Of Basingstoke Writes To...

Not at all chaps; I'm sure our readers will be pleased to hear of the society's progress, including the announcement of the First Thornycroft Society Rally on 23 June at......

Tent Ahoy!

fil he chill wind of recession may have taken its toll on attendances at the Road Haulage Association's Tankcon last week—but organisers had gusty problems of another kind to......

Testing... Testing...

1 - 79 ews reaches me of an HGV driver who claims to have passed no less than 10 driving tests. Stephen Millard, who runs Truckers Training School, is a test addict. "I take......

Smoke Gets Up Your Nose

hen the Hawk was a lad a shilling was still worth a shilling and would cover a night at the local fleapit with a couple of T A TA shandies on the way home. But even in old money......

Ri T's That Time Of Year When Pictures Like This Appear...

tabloids under silly headlines like Major Toad Ahead — far be it from the Hawk to indulge in such foolery except to invite readers to send in other examples of curious road......