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The Apprenticeship
June 22, 2019 - The Apprenticeship
The system of apprenticeship was first developed in the later Middle Ages and came to be supervise...
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My desire for a Velocette Thruxton was strengthened in Rhodesia
March 04, 2019 - When I was an apprentice diesel mechanic in the 1960’s a Velocette Thruxton cost around £420* which was was out of my pr...
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The Hell Run
January 26, 2019 - “The Hell Run” keeps fuel for Zambia flowing
A report made in February 1967
The main route for fuel & oil supplies was...
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The road train from Mpika and getting fired.
January 24, 2019 - I joined Smith & Youngson in October 1967 and started my life in Lusaka, Zambia working on the Canadian Kenworth Tankers...
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SNAKES ALIVE - Or how I hold the lap record at Eureka Stadium
December 01, 2018 - Eureka Speedway Stadium was located about ten miles south of Lusaka and was basically an oval track with a compacted dir...
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The Winter of 1962/1963
January 30, 2018 - The Winter of 1962/1963 - Probably the coldest since 1795!
Back in those days, I lived with my parents at Burton Mill C...
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