I was 17, a trainee surveyor earning £5 a week. Faced with a week’s leave without much cash to spend, I decided to try hitchhiking with my mate Gordon. We started at the gates of Liverpool’s Stanley A

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In February 2026 edition of MMM, Tech Help, Paddy G Walker asks if he can swap out the cab seats on a Peugeot Boxer as his shorter wife’s feet are left dangling. I have the same problem, and have got