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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-05-25, Page 7Street Traders In Old London Town When an American student asked me recently where I felt the could find London "charac- terS" I had no hesitation in send- ing her along to some of this city's famous markets, • The street traders are among London's colorful characters. They were featured recently in a stage production — "Make Me an Offer." Go to Bermondsey, to the New Caledonian Market on a Friday morning, and you will find a group where one' question about their wares brings a torrent of eloquence, The French woman who trades in jewelry discourses learnedly on enamels from Lim- oges. The man with "everything in brass" on his stall, front a large planter to a bob stand, waxes eloquent on the history of horse brasses. On the cutlery stand the "Silver Queen" of the market knows the hallmarks from George III to the present day, On Saturday some of these name people, and many others, string out along the curbside of the Portobello Road in the Not- ting Hill district, 1st Berwick Market every dry the fruit and vegetable traders of Sotto deal in fruits nativeand foreign, humdrum and exotic, writes Melita Knowles in the Christian Science Monitor. The link between fruit mar- ket and the stage has occurred time and time again since Nell Gwynn of Old Drury sold her oranges and captured the heart of King Charles II. The Royal Opera House is inextricably linked to the smells of cabbages and the cries of Covent Garden market, which sweep up to its very doors even before the last top -hatted opera -goer has taken his cab home. On the ,steps of nearby St. Paul's, the actors' church, the original Eliza Doo- little offered her "luv'ly vi'lets" to Bernard Shaw and won im- imortality as "My Fair Lady." Drury Lane, to which the mu- sical came from Broadway, is Just around the corner, My acquaintance with a "bar- er boy" I met in the 'street mar- ket near my home had never got beyond the stage of asking for tomatoes or bananas and passing the time of day, or ob- serving the kind of weather. One day, however, he flared in- to sudden camaraderie. This is how it happened. He gave me a shilling too much change. I gave it back to him, explaining what had happened: He ,looked at me, incredulously I thought. — possibly couldn't believe he'd made a mistake! Then he smiled and said, "Thank you, mum — split the differ- ence," He handed me back six pence. I put it into my pocket. We've been buddies ever since. Baboons Hard To Catch In Texas When six baboons broke out of a plywood crate in the air freight warehouse at Love Field in Dallas, they had a real field day for six hours as they swung merrily "from rafter to rafter thigh over the heads of frustrated American Airline employees. Many kinds of . tactics were used to try to get the baboons down or to get up close, enough to catch them. Finally one hunter held out a banana. The head baboon reach- ed out for it and was lassoed, $n real Texas fashion. After that it was an easy matter to get them all back into their crate to resume their air journey to San Antonio.' Patience is the alt of losing one's temper gradually. LIFESAVER —,Just a simple bel- lows' attached to a Face mask, but this two -pound apparatus Is capable of saving a life. The hand -operated device for apply- log artificial respiration — this Porton Portable Resuscitator — is shown in London, where It was invented by I?c. Bernard Luoas, University College Hos- pital. Beetle Cars By The Million My much -loved little British beetle car seems all the more perky since it became known that production of this particular model had passed the 1,000,000 mark. I am talking about any Morris Minor saloon. This model is gen- erally acclaimed to be the most successful British small car ever produced. There is a romantic story behind its evolution. Alec Issigonis, its designer,. was born in Turkey of a Greek father and an Austrian mother. The father, a shipowner, had been educated int Britainand adopted British nationality be- fore he married, During World War II Alec was working at the Morris motor'fac- tory at Oxford. When he was firewatching during air raids he used to doodle sketches of his dream small car, He aimed espe- cially at first-rate road holding, sports car steering, and suspen- sion suitable for rough overseas roads as well as smooth British roads. • The first Minors were sold in 1948. They. looked like beetles. But they were an immediate suc- cess. The notable thing is that the -model has remained un- changed in basic body and engi- neering design for 13 years. And yet one meets new Minor owners today who talk enthusiastically at having discovered a fresh ex- perience in baby cars. The Minors are scattered wide- ly over the world. Of the 1,000,- 000 produced up to January, 1961, just over 500,000 have been sold in Britain. More than 100,- 000 have gone to Australia, 50,000 to the United' States, 35,000 to. the Republic of Ireland, 34,000 to South Africa, 34,000 to New Zealand, 29,000 to Canada, 25,000' to Sweden, 16,000 to Ma- laya, and so on. The basic price of the Minor in Britain today is £410 (about $1,164) compared with £280 .in 1948. But if account is taken of the fall in value of currencies, today's price is said to be equi- valent to £254 or lower than the 1948 figure. But alas, .purchase or sales tax is the ogre of car buying in Brit- ain today. The Minor's basic price of £416 is raised to £590, before a new owner can drive away his purchase, -writes Peter Lyne in the Christian Science Monitor. One hears warm praise of PERFECT 300 Robert (Corky) DeGraff, 24. hugs wife Ardith after becoming youngest man ever to roll a 300 game in an American Bowling Congress tournament. Minors from ',Rolls-Royce' owners (who use them ,as second cars) and from Californians and New Yorkers who nickname thein °Lady Bug." Mine goes about 40 Miles to a gallon with a top speed of around 15 m.p.h. and an thy cruising speed of 00 m,p•h. when needed, I am truly grateful that father. Issigonis came from Greece and that his son Alec now ie chief engineer of the British Motor Corporation which embraces the Morris, Austin, and other motor firms, Mr. Issigonis, Jr., has already designed a type of even 'smaller cars which are streaking toward their million mark. But. a big. question in the British motor world is: "When will the Minor 'be replaced by a new model?" Spokesmen of the British Mo- for Corporation are keeping mum on this, Some motoring experts forecast there will be a new Minor by the end of 1961. There is a story that the build- ers of the Minor are always look- ing over their shoulders at the Volkswagen firm in Germany which has the same record of about 13 years of unchanged, de- sign, It is said the Minor is ready to change when the Volks- wagen does. The Volkswagen record is even more remarkable, having passed the 4,000,000 mark with the same model, But the German firm has made only the one car while the British firm has been producing a, large range of different sized motor vehicles. • But whatever their nationality, these beetle cars by the million have transformed the lives of countless people' throughout the world. The 1,000,000th Minor, finished in a rather daring shade of mauve, has been presented to the National Union of Journalists in London to raise funds for jour- nalistic charities.' Perhaps that is another reason why my Minor seems so to strain at the leash these brisk spring mornings. Picture Of A Master Pitcher His art is a blend of infinite care, infinite thought, and infin- ite skill. When Warren Spahn pitches, he draws upon all his resources, the left arm still lim- ber and strong, the right leg that kicks incredibly high, and, most of all, the keen sixth sense born of experience. He is, as Charlie Dressen, his manager, once 'said, a "go -to -sleep" pitcher. "What I mean," Dresser ex- plained, "is that the manager says Spain's gonna pitch to- morrow and then he gets a good night's sleep. He doesn't have Ifs stay up late thinking. Spahn will be thinking for' himself." The night before his Milwau- kee Braves faced the San Fran- cisco Giants last month, Dres- sen slept well. Spahn, ':now 40, thought about familiar Giant hitters Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, wondering whether they had changed their batting styles. He thought, too, about unfam- iliar Giants —. Chuck Hiller, Harvey Kuenn — wondering what pitcthes they liked, what pitches they disliked, Then came the game at Mil- waukee County Stadium. On the first pitch to Hiller, Spahn pumped, smoothly, deliberately; kicked, fluidly, effortlessly; and delivered a low slider, a pitch. I that he added to his grab-bag ., assortment of fast balls, curve balls, screw balls, andchange- ups only a few years ago. Hiller popped up. The pattern was set. From then on, Spahn was at the peak of his art. In nine in- nings, he faced only 27 batters. Two men walked; both were retired on double plays started by Spahn himself. No one hit safely. By 1.0, Warren Spahn won the second no-hitter of his career, The victory was Spahn's 290th in seventeen major-league sea- sons, the 'shutout his 52nd, both all-time records for National League left-handers. A twenty- game winner.in eleven separate. seasons, Spahn's first no-hitter came only 1a s t September against Philadelphia. "It's crazy," he said last month. "All " those years of coming so close and now two of them, How do you figure it?" Sam Jones of the Giants, who allowed only five hits in defeat, figured the answer 'was, control. "I don't feel too bad about los- ing," said Jones. "Spahn's great. He had amazing control. He put the ball where he wanted it every time." Jones ' exaggerated slightly. Not even Spahn puts every pitch where he wants it, Facing Mays in the eighth inning, Spahn quickly threw two strikes. Then he tried to waste a pitch, low and away. He slipped, and the pitch sailed in high, over the heart of the plate, right to Mays' power. But luck _ rode with Spahn. Mays, swinging hard, bounced back to the pitcher. Spahn easily threw him out. In the ninth, when pinch -hit- ter Matty Alou dragged a bunt down the line in a desperate at - CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING a' roe -. AGENTS WANTED HIGH I ltob YL'S,, salting imports every one needs Juleer's, Noodle Maehhus Magnetic Soap Holder $1,00. SIi eotall Kemple 550. 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Apply stating expericnee, 11:41:` and address of last inspector to - • MR R. 3t, OGRAVENCE HURSTN MUSKO14A, ONTARIO ISSUE 20 — 1961 LEGAL UPSET Two county em- ployes survey a mound of low books in the San Benito, Calif., Courthouse library. The books were tossed to the floor by an earthquake.