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Call Sign September 2011
Channel 4: Can we borrow your call centre?
Call Sign just happened to pop
did they need our call centre?
into Dial-a-Cab House recently
There wasn't much ancient Greek
and bumped into a Channel 4
spoken there the last time we
heard, although rumour had it that
film crew making a programme
called Life after God. So naturally,
Call Centre Manager Keith Cain
we asked whether it involved
had once been to Corfu!
Chairman Brian Rice!
"I'm not sure," said the female
But no, it was nothing to do
member of the C4 crew, "we
were just told to get some
with this Society! It was a produc-
close-ups of people on phones
tion company called Clear Story
and hands on keyboards, and
who were working on a philolog-
ical documentary for Channel 4 to
as DaC is such a well-known
be televised later in the year.
taxi company with a nice call
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources, so why
centre, we came here!"
London 2012 torch travels by TX4!
As National Presenting Partner for the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, Lloyds TSB is giving hundreds of people who have made a
difference in their community the chance to carry the Olympic Flame in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.
In support of the campaign, Lloyds TSB has been taking the London 2012 Olympic Torch on a tour of more than 70 communities
across the UK this summer thanks to a unique partnership between Lloyds TSB and The London Taxi Company.
The state of the art London TX4 has been specially modified to help promote the Lloyds TSB London 2012 Olympic Torch Tour which
continues until the end of September. The tour is an interactive exhibition designed to build up momentum for the London 2012
Olympic Torch Relay for local communities across the UK. Visitors can have their photo taken with the prototype London 2012
Olympic Torch, learn about the history of the Relay and find out how to nominate someone who has made a difference in their local
community to carry the Olympic Flame as part of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay next year. The TX4 Elegance taxi has been
modified to turn it into a video booth, allowing visitors to film their Torchbearer nominations.
As part of Lloyds Banking Group, leading point of sale motor finance firm Black Horse helped engineer the partnership, resulting in
the specially branded taxi. Their Transport Manager Robert Doyle commented: "The Lloyds TSB London 2012 Olympic Torch Tour is a
great opportunity for people across the UK to connect with the London 2012 Games, as it visits almost every community across the
UK. It has come about through the great working relationship we have with London Taxis, who have provided us with a top class
means of transport. The specially tailored cab is much more than taxi it's a mobile interactive hub, which we hope will inspire peo-
ple across the country to get involved in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay."
Coming back from serious injury too soon...
Has Lee crocked himself? ? ?
Dial-a-Cab driver and Ashford Town goalkeeper Lee Pearce (J71) ended last sea-
son with a lengthy lay off due to a cruciate ligament injury to his knee. He missed
the tail-end of the season and was told he would probably miss the beginning of
this one.
But an assurance from manager Jamie Lawrence that he would regain his first
team place once the injury had healed kept Lee in hope that his hard work in
attempting to rebuild the leg's strength would pay off in the long term. But then Lee
heard that contrary to what Jamie had said about staying for at least one more year,
he had left the club's employ before the season began.
Then Lee heard from former Chelsea and Southampton player, Neil
Shipperley, who is now the manager at Walton Casuals of the Ryman South
league. He invited the DaC goalie down to train and according to Lee, the knee
felt good and he did some running on it with no problems and was selected for a
pre-season friendly against Northwood.
After 15 minutes of the match, Lee's knee gave way leaving him in pain. The
club's physio wrote him off until at least Christmas but doesn't think it's the cruci-
ate again. He told Lee that he believes the treatment he had been undergoing
wasn't good enough for the injury.
Lee told Call Sign: "I've got the results of an MRI scan to come, but I've
been working really hard to try and strengthen the knee. The physio
Neil Shipperl
looked at it again and has now said that if I carry on like this, then I
ey during his
time at
Southampton
could be back around September or October. I hope so because this is the
. Neil is Lee's
new manage
r
first time I've had to sit out the beginning of a season..."
