12-10-2023, 11:42 AM
In 1973, having stretched myself to the limit (and a bit beyond) in order to buy my 1934 Ruby a couple of years previously, I found myself being promoted to a full-time post and able to consider purchasing a modest house. In the process of scouting through available properties in my desired area of South Manchester, I discovered a quiet backwater in Didsbury with the most desirable address (though, sadly, not on the market) of number 7 Austin Drive. Now that really would have been the bee's knees.