Mention the name Mike Hallowes, and you immediately think of Nick Mason's Ten Tenth's Car Collection, where Mike was responsible for the hiring of his eclectic cars for photographic and film work.

But rest assured, there is much to Mike's earlier life that will have you, quite literally, 'rolling in the aisles'.

His first job was as an Assistant Purser with The Orient Line in the late 1950s; Mike will explain why he left this seemingly glamorous job, whereupon he trained to be an Accountant; leaving after six months since his rail fare exceeded his somewhat meagre salary!

Perhaps more exciting, was in delivering bread for the Co-op in Guildford in an electric van; a job from which he was sacked for calling his Manager a 'left wing peasant'!

The Motor Trade seemed a logical next step, working with David Plumstead and Mike's old friend Bobby Bell at Plumstead Motors,…