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21st September 1979, Page 43
21st September 1979
Page 43
Page 43, 21st September 1979
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Those Were The Days

ONE of Britain's leading road transport engineers has retired after a career that started in a bus workshop and ended in Unilever's executive suite. He is Laurence J. (Bill)......

All At Sea

Soon after Bill Cotton left Commercial Motor in 1 954 he was drilling for oil off the coast of Borneo. Nothing if not versatile, he later supervised the refit of a ship while......

Diy Man

I never cease to marvel at Bill's extra-mural activities. When he was nudging 60 he terraced a long garden with a gradient of 1 in 4 and a base of solid chalk. This involved......

Family Tradition

The name of Cotton still burns brightly in road transport, for Bill's son Michael is public relations manager of Porsche Cars. He combines the flair of a competition driver with......

A Fine Romance

Devoted as I am to the Perkins diesel engine, I am slightly disillusioned by the information that it is supplying the motive power for Australian grapeharvesting machines. There......

Jolly Mean

London Transport has been advertising for a press-room team leader. In addition to a salary of up to nearly £8000 a year, the attractions of the job include "free travel . . on......