Happy Anniversary

Bernard Atkins started his company, F.B. Atkins & Sons of Findern, Derby, 50 years ago. It always puzzled me how a company can be named "somebody and sons" before the event.......

Film Stars

Strongly recommended to all engineers — the newly released Perkins film Man the Inventor. The diary of the diesel engine, it's well produced and a credit to the technical......

Silence Fell

The tachograph manufacturers took a bit of stick at the Fleet Management Conference, I see: they were even accused of trying to sell their wares. As I understand it they don't......

The Old Boys

It's almost like a history page this week, so here's another tale. If you like historic details, and let me say here the only date I can remember is 55 BC when the Romans......