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Bird 's Eye View
*Father's footsteps From Kirkmichael in the Isle of Man, which looks out over the sea to Co. Down, comes Michael Lambden, traffic trainee with Crosville Motor Services Ltd.......
* Club Closing
I hear that the BMC Drivers' Club is to be wound up shortly. While this seems to be a result of the BLMC merger, to the extent that the final decision was a high-level one......
*evidence!
The distribution manager of Standard Telephones and Cables, S. G. Christie, tells me he saw a significant and unusual load on MI, near junction 13, on August 16. It was a......
*thank You, Fred
Nice tribute to CM's world-wide pulling power in the latest issue of Kingpin, the magazine of the Hope anti-jack-knife drivers' club. Setting out to answerinquiries from many......
*better Beds
In the same issue of Kingpin John Castle, a J. Lyons driver, has some pretty strong things to say about poor standards of night accommodation for drivers. He reckons that nine......
*golfing Challenge
The name of Bonallack, well known for bodies in the commercial vehicle field, is even more famous in golfing circles'— Michael Bonallack, the sales director, is the current......
*,. . . This Sum Of York
To get the better of the Taxman is a feat in itself. To do it with the help of the Ombudsman is such a tour de force that the tale of how it came about merited a double-column......
* Hover Hobby
To judge from the number of examples, air-cushion machines exert a special fascination for road transport men. One who has just come to my notice is Cecil Blankley of......