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100 + years of Commercial Motor

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
This forum is for us all to indulge in a little nostalgia and remember with rose coloured glasses how much better it was in the olden days

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Re: 100 + years of Commercial Motor

Postby Romance1984 » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:19 am

up on your comments.
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Re: 100 + years of Commercial Motor

Postby robert1952 » Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:27 pm

I would like to record that I have found the CM Archives to be a real treasure chest of useful information whilst researching for my two Lorries of Arabia books. It has meant that I've been able to quote from them or make references to them, or acknowledge material found in them throughout my current writings. This has the happy unintended consequence of increasing readers' awareness of just how valuable CM can be, and perhaps increasing its readership! Who knows? Robert :D
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Re: 100 + years of Commercial Motor

Postby wrecktech100 » Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:42 pm

I think this archive is great,you can spend hours in there.
fire up the quattro!
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Re: 100 + years of Commercial Motor

Postby scotdrivernorth » Sat Nov 11, 2017 7:07 pm

What ever happened to Hargraves refrigerated transport I think from Glasgow they used to stop over at the Ashford truck stop in the late 1990's (1999) just wondered if they were still going. Cheers scot.

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Re: 100 + years of Commercial Motor

Postby simonuk8 » Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:13 pm

Is was on Driver CPC with the Editor of Commercial Motor with EP Training a few years ago.
Did ask for a nice discount on the magazine but nothing than the usual one in magazine, that we thought was not such a plan.
Normally most people who have had a subscription are most likely to auto renew if they like the magazine.
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Re: 100 + years of Commercial Motor

Postby BedfordJ5 » Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:44 am

Does anyone on here have any old copies of the magazine for sale? I'm looking for an original copy from 1960 that features my grandads Austin lorry. I have the particular dates somewhere as it was in an advertisement in multiple issues.
Was looking around a few years ago but haven't thought about until seeing this forum.
https://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/15th-january-1960/63/what-you-gain-on-the-swings
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