Tecalemit was recently contacted by a retired mechanical engineer called Neil with a little story and a request for help. Neil and his friend used to supplement their incomes as apprentice engineers by working as driver and mate on one of his family\u2019s coal delivery lorries. At the time, the friends were petrolheads and read all the motoring magazines they could lay their hands on. There was not a radio in the lorry, so as they were driving along, they used to sing all kinds of silly tunes and ditties, but one that Neil fondly remembers was a poem that was used in one of Tecalemit\u2019s advertisements from the mid to late 1950s.<\/p>\n
The advert for Tec-Element oil filters featured a poem and was possibly accompanied by a Brockbank-style cartoon. Neil can recall most of the poem but not the second to last line of the last verse. Sadly, Neil\u2019s friend recently passed away, so he contacted Tecalemit to see if they had a copy of the advert to solve the mystery of the missing line of the poem. Tecalemit has been based in Plymouth for the last 75 years. When this Tec-Element advert would have been produced, the company was located at Marsh Mills. However, it has moved to several other locations across the city since then. Unfortunately, copies of the old adverts have been lost during these moves, so Tecalemit cannot answer Neil\u2019s question.<\/p>\n