13-06-2021, 09:33 PM
Hi All
My wife’s grandfather was a vicar in the Garw valley in South Wales. However the driving (no pun intended) part of his life was his wife. Known as Mops by the family she successfully petitioned the Bishop of Brecon and they moved to a remote parish near Llandrindod Wells in 1935. There she found the parochial trek around the remote farms too exhausting and promptly visited the local car shop (probably Norton’s Automobile Palace in Llandrindod). Insisting in the sale that she should have lessons, an Austin Seven was purchased. She did all the driving….including to locum holidays in Norfolk, Suffolk and Wiltshire. She continued to drive well into her eighties. Her last car was a classic mini clubman.
Sadly no photos survive of her motoring exploits.
Cheers
Howard
My wife’s grandfather was a vicar in the Garw valley in South Wales. However the driving (no pun intended) part of his life was his wife. Known as Mops by the family she successfully petitioned the Bishop of Brecon and they moved to a remote parish near Llandrindod Wells in 1935. There she found the parochial trek around the remote farms too exhausting and promptly visited the local car shop (probably Norton’s Automobile Palace in Llandrindod). Insisting in the sale that she should have lessons, an Austin Seven was purchased. She did all the driving….including to locum holidays in Norfolk, Suffolk and Wiltshire. She continued to drive well into her eighties. Her last car was a classic mini clubman.
Sadly no photos survive of her motoring exploits.
Cheers
Howard