Reviews, October 2005
The Fast Set: three extraordinary men and their race for the Land Speed Record by Charles Jennings, ISBN 34911596 6, published by Abacus. £8.99 (paperback) Campbell, Cobb and Segrave —…
Cresswells, Ltd., Wellington Mills, Bradford, are exhibiting representative specimens of their Chekko brake and clutch linings, for which they claim unique qualities in so much as they are guaranteed to be made from Ioo per cent, pure asbestos fibre, spun on to the brass wire which forms the binding medium. No cotton whatever is used in the production of Chekko. They are also exhibiting samples of the crude fibre and carded sliver from which their Chekko yarns are spun, and afterwards solidly woven into their Chekko brake and clutch lining fabrics.