The time of the trolleybus
FRANK BEETON looks back in time to the era of the trolleybus …
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A moment of nostalgia
The recent disastrous events in Japan moved FRANK BEETON into nostalgic mode and some thoughts on the world of yesteryear
Diesel vs Petrol
Reading Jake Venter’s article on diesel engines in the August 2010 issue of FOCUS got FRANK BEETON thinking about the relatively short period that this form of propulsion has dominated the road transportation scene.
Those were the days
Join FRANK BEETON as he takes a nostalgic look at the truck and bus world of yesterday.
Thrown into the deep end
Frank Beeton reminisces about his steep learning curve as a truck salesman in the 60s and 70s, and how formalised commercial vehicle sales training started.
Start of a great love affair
In most peoples’ experience, certain key events play an important role in determining the direction their lives will take. In my case, it was moving house in 1958 when, at the age of eleven, I suddenly found myself living on a road carrying all the heavy traffic into and out of the Island View oil sites on Durban’s Bluff.
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