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ALL
OUR YESTERDAYS.
Mrs
Forman was something of a character and in many ways a product of
times long passed. She lived in the village where my wife grew up.
Her husband was a mechanic and she wasn't, he was a man and most
obviously she wasn't, she did the cooking and house cleaning, and he
didn't - and all of this was perfectly normal, especially when we are
talking 1950's and rural areas.
However
Mrs Forman's 'differences' went beyond the commonplace, she drove a
car! This was quite an achievement in those days and she was almost a
celebrity, even if she never turned right and reversing was simply
out of the question.
You
see in ages long passed one could get a drivers licence simply by
applying for one. It was deemed that providing the paperwork was
filled in correctly then there was no need for tests or any such
nonsense - you had a licence, so therefore you were clearly fit to
drive!
It
was an advantage that she lived in the country where few vehicles
were seen on the roads and children would point and stare when a car
passed by, but even so, journeys with Mrs Forman were something of an
adventure.
Car
parks were particularly difficult, a parking space simply had to be
capable of being driven into and out of, or they were completely
ignored and the whole journey would needs must follow a well known
and safe pattern - there were many, many places you simply couldn't
go to!
My
wife's mother once accepted a lift to the nearby market town with Mrs
Forman, and thereafter made sure she never accepted again. Some
things are just too weird I guess to repeat.
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