Life is sitting with the mobile phone for hours discussing facts, reeling out numbers. Is technology so good, when it removes us from actual people on the other end of the phone and has us typing in numbers ad-infinitum. News on this morning stated that Macmillian in the 1960s had his driver carry four pennies to be able for him to react to any threat of a Nuclear attack from Russia to use in the nearest phonebox! Also the AA radio system was upgraded as a warning system.
Those of a certain age will remember the Automobile Association, still going strong today, how they swept past in their motorbikes saluting drivers if they wore an AA badge on their front bumper, we as children always saluted back.
But to a photo that came from someone the other day, it shows the family at Paper Mill Lock. We were all younger and happier. this popular part of the Chelmsford river had a tea place to which people flocked. But if you were to walk a couple of miles along the river bank, you soon lost the crowds and the Essex countryside opened out in all its beauty.
I remember the AA and RAC boxes by the side of the road and ticking them off in my I-Spy book,innocent days!
ReplyDeleteHappy memories Thelma - something to treasure as I am sure you agree.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful and natural photograph. Thank you for sharing.
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A lovely photo of you all.
ReplyDeleteMy dad worked for the AA after the war. Stood by on duty, waiting to be called out to a breakdown. . .
I like the AA motorbike and sidecar. There used to be an AA man who maintained his in a garage behind school. I've still got my grandpa's metal AA badge for his car - a future blog post.
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