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On Yer Bike
Le Petit Journal ichelin reminds the Hawk that its newly patented "demountable" tyre — ie not solid — was fitted to the winning cycle on the Paris/Brest/Paris bicycle race on 6......
Postal Breeding
ere's a story that really appeals to the Hawk. Amtrak Express Parcels of Cardiff is under contract to rush frozen semen from the Welsh Hawking Centre at Barry to bird breeders......
Those Were The Days...
ichelin's reminder of some centenaries (see elsewhere on this page) sent your avian correspondent burrowing into our archives in search of further transport memorabilia. CM......
Beans Means Robins
A little bird tells the A little bird tells the Hawk that Del Boy's favourite run-a-round, the Reliant Robin, is back in production. Beans Engineering of Tipton, West Midlands,......
Finder Fined For Keeping
n t was not Stuart Rankin's lucky day when he found five new truck tyres, worth ,£850 each, on his local rubbish tip. Rugby magistrates decided that they weren't his to keep and......
Away Match
ideos of Bolton Wanderers football team are among the varied treasures Bolton haulage firm After Haul is taking on a friendship trip to Czechoslovakia this week. Known locally......
Moving Up
inging my way around Western Or recently I came across what seemed to be an ingenious method of packing out every bit of load space in a removals truck. Simply up-end the......
These Fuellish Things
Ifil wo thieves siphoning petrol from an apparently empty van in a deserted street were surprised when the law appeared and arrested them. They should have known better than to......