There were many haulage companies operating in the Wakefield area, in the 1950/60s., and many were owner drivers, who... More > prospered and became the owners of very large enterprises themselves. My own company
Walkers of Wakefield was one, Jackie Hanson of
R Hanson & son was another, D Wrigglesworth of Dewsbury another, Jack Robinson of
A One Transport another. The redoubtable Peter Slater of Gildersome was another, Fred Chappell who once sold me an old fire engine another, and of course there were also two other old friends of mine Frank Hensby, and his son Richard who built up a large fleet of tippers, and created the VW & Man Truck dealerships in Wakefield. Quite a formidable crew, and there were oh so many more like them. Who through personal sacrifice, persistence, and dedication, built there Empires too.
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My Love Affair With The Car
Takes you on a journey back into time, and through some of the developments that have taken... More > place in the car industryover the years.
Join him has he introduces you to some of the cars he has known and loved. The Morris's, Austins, Wolsley's, Bentleys, Jaguars, Mercedes, Rolls Royce and much, much more.
Let him introduce you to the fathers of the automobile, Gotlieb Daimler, and Karl Benz,.
The inventor of the gas engine Dr Otto, and the diesel engine Rudolph Diesel.
Meet the early pioneers, who struggled and built their Empires on the back of the motor car. Karl Benz, Gotleib Daimler, Sir Herbert Austin, William Morris, who became Lord Nuffield, Henry Ford the peasant farmer from America who was to show the way with mass production techniques, Sir William Lyons, and so many many more.

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This entertaining, engaging, and often amusing, compilation of quotations reproduces some of the wisest and wittiest sayings... More > attributed to people ranging from Greek classical authors, to modern writers and politicians. The general reader is sure to find an appropriate aphorism to suit the circumstances or the occasion.
The browser will be encouraged in the knowledge that the author adds many of his own sage observations and pithy sayings which sit comfortably in the illustrious company of other writers whose wit and wisdom have endured to this day.. 
For All Those Kids Out There.
Who Have Been Allowed Out Onto The Highway Of Life. With Only Ignorance As A Guide.
My six great friends were honest men, and they taught me all I knew.
Their names were What, and, How and Why, and When, and Where, and Who.
These great friends were to serve me well, they served me well and true.
And when I knew the question to ask, I was told what I had to do !
with apologies to Rudyard Kipling < Less

Join the author as he takes you on another journey back into time, with a comprehensive look at the history, and the birth... More > and development of the automobile, through the ages, and into the late 20th century
Although it is generally accepted that it was Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, who were the founding fathers of the motor car. It was in fact a United Nations effort. No one man can say 'alone I did it': It was invented by the Germans, made practical by the French and first produced on a massive scale by the Americans.
The English lagged behind in the early days but, caught up later, to contribute some honoured names. < Less

Welcome To My World Of Words
Welcome To My World Of Words, Which With You I Wish To Share.
Let Me Take You On A Journey,... More > Come Then If You Dare.
I Will Introduce You To My Skeletons. Perhaps For Just Awhile.
Who Have Been Released From Their Cupboard. To Entertain, Amuse, And Beguile.
Come Then And Join Me, Let Me Take You Through.
Into My World Of Words, Which Were Written Just For You . < Less

These writings are taken from some of my own life's experiences and from many quotations, stolen from greater minds than... More > mine. Which as enabled me to pass on many very relevant points to anyone who may be interested.
In using some of the brilliant ideas created by other people. My intention as not been to steel, profit, misrepresent, or misappropriate. I have had but one desire and that is to bring together, all these wonderful ideas into one place. Where they can do the most good. To become an inspiration to my own grandchildren and any other young person, who might benefit from reading these great works.
For the future belongs to the young.
Not to the better educated. But to the more determined.
Fear-- You have nothing to fear. But fear Itself!
So you are frightened! good, because fear is the greatest motivater of all. It as moved mountains and turned braver men than you into gibbering idiots. < Less

Takes you on a journey back into time and through the Stage coach era and through the developments in road transport that... More > have taken place through the ages. Meet the Inventors of the steam carriage, John Trevlthlck, The internal combustion engine and the gas engine,
Dr NA Otto, Gotleib Daimler , the diesel englne, Rudolph DieseL The first lorry and buses
Find out how the car and truck manufacturing industry first started and progressed over the years, With the help of .Carl Benz, Henry Ford, Gotlieb Daimler. Sir Herbert Austin, William Morris, Lord Nuffield, Fredrick Simms,
ER Foden, Herbert Austin and Sir William Lyons.
The first commercial load-carrying vehicle in the United Kingdom was a 1-ton steam van with front-wheel drive and rear-wheel steering built by John Thornycroft. < Less

This book is certainly controversial and not meant for the faint hearted. This collection of polemical essays sets out in... More > prose, and occasionally in verse, his strongly held views, about contemporary topics: Education the Welfare State, Law and Order; Taxation; the Clarss System, the Unions, the Decline of British Industry; Britain's Relations with Europe, and other subjects which the general reader will find interesting and relevant. This book is a must for the few people who like to do their own thinking!. And because the authors views are so controversial, they are sure to provoke lively discussion. As the author says:
Tolerance is just another word for Indifference and he is certainly not that!: In The Past Men Became Slaves. Today They Have Become Robots. .'The greatest division in society today. Is not between the rich and the poor.
But between the public and private sector occupations.! < Less

A Tribute To That Great Yorkshire Dialect Poet. John Hartley. These extracts are taken from some of his Clock Almanacks The... More > annual publication that was to become something of an institution in Yorkshire a hundred years ago. When many thousands laughed and wept with him, as he sang of the joys and woes of colliers, factory hands, and humble workers. The brave colliers of Tow Moor, the gallant Lifeboat men at Whitby, all and each have known what it is, to feel the warm words of this famous poet of the Yorkshire dialect, as he sang their praises far and wide. What a quality this man had, what a happy smile, in all his beautiful writings. . John Hartleys name was to become an household word in Yorkshire and indeed throughout the country. He was truly a man of the people and ought to be remembered still.
But in the passing of time and changing values, I doubt if he ever will! < Less

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If you want to live in reality and have an entertaining read, then this is a book... More > for you.
Starting in the 1930s as an impoverished schoolboy, C G Walker worked the hard way up the ladder in the haulage industry, before ending up with a sizeable operation of his own. OK, we have all read memories before, but not quite like this one 'The human element of this book is fascinating, and so much of what is recalled is typical of what went on in the transport industry - there is no beating about the bush here! I felt so at home reading this book that I did not want to put it down, it just sucks you in like a good novel should. The section called 'The Lessons Learned In My Life' is well worth reading and if you want to make it in this world, it is certainly a great inspiration!
This book most definitely does make compulsive reading.
Rating Five Star *****Reviewed by Peter Love < Less