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At Last — A Captive Telephone
IF I HAD £1 for every time I have knocked the telephone on to the floor, I should be rich. But it will happen no more. Pirelli has given me a splendid pad that anchors the......
Pickfords Gets A Canary Eye View
NOBODY CAN say Pickford Removals is not a far-seeing company. It has recently shopped one of Europe's largest and most powerful optical telescopes from Herstmonceaux to La......
Chewing Stops That Drowsy Feeling
I HAVE ALWAYS thought of gum-chewing as a pure exercise in vacuity. In fact it gives brief relief from drowsiness, as scientific tests on lorry drivers in Japan have shown.......
Requiem For Romney Puffer
SENTIMENT and tradition have had to give way to expediency and economics on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, which enthusiasts built more than 50 years ago as a......
Instant Start After Months In Pickle
CHRISTMAS was a blessing in more ways than one for the enterprising Norfolk remover, Abel's of Watton. On a normal Sunday night the company has up to 10 vehicles on the ferry......
A Sad Day For Group Training
THE THREATENED collapse of the group training association movement, which the Road Haulage Association is trying to prevent, is a sad reflection of current industrial......
Why Do Our Roads Rely On Eec Cash?
MEMBERS of the European Parliament's transport committee have been told that Britain's national road plans are threatened by cuts in financial support from EEC Budget rebates.......