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Motoring miscellany
"Hullo. Complaints department. I'm at the call box at Victory Square and I can't get hold of a tow truck. There's been a slight accident. The wheel of my car came off when I turned the corner and she's pranged. Oh, incidentally, you'd better get a new box here. It stopped the car. Bit of a mess, really."
We've seen truck transporters carrying new cars to Picton, but it's not often you see small cars carrying large cars to the dump.
This bomb, once somebody's pride and joy, is awaiting a claimant at the City Council yards. It was removed from the Washington Road area. A few catches, all moveable parts, with the exception of the front axle and wheels, are missing.
Some people make music out of smashing glass, but we're willing to bet the crash of broken glass was not music to the ears of this truckdriver.