
The time of the trolleybus
FRANK BEETON looks back in time to the era of the trolleybus …
FRANK BEETON looks back in time to the era of the trolleybus …
The recent disastrous events in Japan moved FRANK BEETON into nostalgic mode and some thoughts on the world of yesteryear
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.
Join FRANK BEETON as he takes a nostalgic look at the truck and bus world of yesterday.
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.
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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