Author: Carl JohnsonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398100811
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
With rare and previously unpublished images showcasing the 1980s lorry scene throughout Great Britain.
British and European Trucks of the 1980s
Author: Colin PeckPublisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1787118800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
This unique book explores the products of more than 50 truck manufacturers - from the very largest to the smallest and most obscure - during a period of takeovers, failures and innovative new products. Containing over 120 mostly colour images - most of which have never been published before - this book could become a major reference source for information on truck manufacturers during the decade.
British Lorries Since 1945
Author: Michael ForbesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780711036475
Category : Trucks
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"British Lorries Since 1945 will be a highly illustrated compendium of British truck manufacturers of that period. Organised on a manufacturer by manufacturer basis, the authors informed history of each manufacturer is illustrated by a representative selection of the vehicles produced by each manufacturer. Authors David Hayward aned Michael Forbes, leading British road vehicle experts, have drawn upon extensive archives of photographs, including the Chris Hodge collection, which show the fascinating variety of British commercial vehicles built post-war This exciting new title will form reference book for all transport enthusiasts as well as appealing to those looking for some nostalgia on these specific vehicles!" -- Provided by publisher.
Author: Carl JohnsonTrucks in the 1980s: The Photos of David Wakefield
Author: Nick IrelandPublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 191045642X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
Many would argue that the 1980s were a better time for truck drivers than nowadays: there were no cell phones, there was less traffic on the road, CB radio was all the rage, and stickers were the simple heart of truck customizing. However, the transport industry is constantly evolving and companies must adapt their vehicles to keep pace with the developments. As a result, vehicle design and liveries regularly change. Many of the companies around in the 1980s have expired and been forgotten. Most of the trucks from that time are long gone to the great scrapyard in the sky! David Wakefield has been working in the transport industry for over 30 years and has been taking photographs of trucks since the early 1980s. He has amassed thousands of high-quality images, producing one of the most comprehensive photographic collections of the time, but many of his photographs have never been previously published. In this vivid compilation, Nick Ireland has collated 300 of David's images from the 1980s in order to preserve them and make them publicly available for the first time. The book features trucks from all over the world, and it is a must-have for current and former truckers who will enjoy being reminded of 'the good old days, ' as well as anyone else with an interest in transport history. [Subject: History, Transportation, Photography
Scrapped and Disused Lorries
Author: Carl JohnsonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398100773
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
It is not possible to save and restore all lorries that have come to the end of their working life.In operators' yards there is often an assortment of old vehicles, with some used for spares to keep others running. Scrapyards also often have a motley collection of vehicles in various forms of decay. Of course, with the ever increasing interest in preserving our past quite a few vehicles have been rescued and rebuilt from seemingly impossible states of disrepair.This book offers a fascinating insight into the twilight years of some of these lorries.
Author: Roy Dodsworth
Author: Carl JohnsonITF Research Reports Moving Freight with Better Trucks Improving Safety, Productivity and Sustainability
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9282102963
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This report identifies potential improvements in terms of more effective safety and environmental regulation for trucks, backed by better systems of enforcement, and identifies opportunities for greater efficiency and higher productivity.
Souvenir
Author: Michael BracewellPublisher: White Rabbit
ISBN: 1474622313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
'The best evocation I've read of London in the '80s' Neil Tennant 'I loved Souvenir . . . it rescued some things for me - a certain aesthetic, a philosophical engagement with time and poignant beauty and lived history that I have found myself looking for, and not finding, elsewhere in recent years . . . the book gave me new hope' John Burnside 'A suspended act of retrieval, a partisan recall; a sustained, subtle summary of our recent past, and an epitaph for a future we never had' Philip Hoare 'Michael Bracewell proves himself to be nothing less than the poet laureate of late capitalism' Jonathan Coe A vivid eulogy for London of the late 1970s and early 80s - the last years prior to the rise of the digital city. An elliptical, wildly atmospheric remembrance of the sites and soundtrack, at once aggressively modern and strangely elegiac, that accompanied the twilight of one era and the dawn of another. Haunted bedsits, post-punk entrepreneurs in the Soho Brasserie, occultists in Fitzrovia, Docklands before Canary Wharf, frozen suburbs in the winter of 1980...
