29-03-2020, 02:45 PM
In Chennai I think?
Thanks for sharing Nick, enjoyed that very much. Some day I may show you my turban.
Steve, you don't have to drive far in India to understand why he has put protective covers on the seats!
The conversation about keys piqued my interest. One of my other hobbies involves a little casual research, at the centre of which is a gentleman named Charles Henry James, who was for a time medical advisor to the Maharajah of Patiala, whereafter he was civil surgeon at Simla. I have a letter from his mother to his brother dated 1st Dec 1916, in which she writes "Charlie dear old fellow......has the most beautiful motor car I have ever seen, it works with a small key which he keeps in his pocket & it has all the latest (unreadable), as well as being very handsome and (unreadable)!
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In a nutshell then car keys long pre-dated 1930 - but were sufficiently remarkable to write to your son (on the western front) about!
Thanks for sharing Nick, enjoyed that very much. Some day I may show you my turban.
Steve, you don't have to drive far in India to understand why he has put protective covers on the seats!
The conversation about keys piqued my interest. One of my other hobbies involves a little casual research, at the centre of which is a gentleman named Charles Henry James, who was for a time medical advisor to the Maharajah of Patiala, whereafter he was civil surgeon at Simla. I have a letter from his mother to his brother dated 1st Dec 1916, in which she writes "Charlie dear old fellow......has the most beautiful motor car I have ever seen, it works with a small key which he keeps in his pocket & it has all the latest (unreadable), as well as being very handsome and (unreadable)!
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In a nutshell then car keys long pre-dated 1930 - but were sufficiently remarkable to write to your son (on the western front) about!