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Old 17-01-10, 06:50
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Default Where did the word "B;itz"

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Originally Posted by hrpearce View Post
Two more Blitz's have appeared in Batlow...........
G'day Fellow MLUers,

As a kid I always knew the CMP trucks just by the name "blitz". What I did not know, then or now, is how they became associated with the name. In fact it was only last year that I became familar with the CMP name for blitz trucks. As they were just always called Blitzs.

I know that in WWII London endured the German bombing and it was called the "blitz". Also that nice police officers set up booze buses when the have a "blitz" for drink drivers. Oh and as a kid the band The Sweet had a hit the Ballroom Blitz.

So how did such a name get stuck on CMP trucks in Australia. Or are its origins lost or corrupted over time?

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Lionel
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