Vintage Daily Telegraph Magazine No. 292 April 1970

Description: Vintage Daily Telegraph Magazine No. 292 April 1970 ContentsGive authority an inch? Does Britain really know what metrication is going to mean? Were you ever consulted about the changeover? Colin Bell shows how this revolutionary step is being introduced into Britain by stealth, without prior public consent or debate, He suggests that the new system may not be as beneficialto industry as the Metrication Board makes out. 'The argument that Britain is going metric to fit in with the rest of the world falls down because America is not going metric," says Bell. "'The more I found out about the proposed changeover, the moreopposed I became. It's not that people are against it: they just don't realise it'shappening. And until it hits them they are not going to face up to it." Yet something can still be done to halt this mammoth change. Christopher Booker points out thatnow is the moment for public protest.He describes what it will be like when England's green acres" become England's 'green hectares", beer comes in litres and not pints, and a newborn baby weighs 2.85 kilograms. Booker takes a look at the legal background to metrication,the history of the planned changeover To find out what people know and think about Britain's plans, The Daily Telograph Magazine talked to four people in widely differing occupations-a travel agent. chemical engineer, assistant bank manager and art director. Their reactions appear on page 24 Cover: Photograph by John Marmaras8 Building A Business - Problems come with size or sons16 Metric Britain: Do we want it? Who decided?28 Like geese flying south – A feature on British Cycling40 Journal of a novel46 King Arthur's coast52 Splitting the difference - Fashion feature 56 pages. This magazine is generally in good condition throughout for age. However there is some foxing and a small tear and creases on the spine

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