My father was very keen to have a car of his own so in 1927 we bought a second-hand 2 seater bull nosed Morris (DP 7885) from the Wargate Motors at about £100.

Mr Murray of Wargate took us for a ride round the villages and I took the wheel and drove for about an hour.

This was all the driving instruction I received as in those days there was no driving test, and very little traffic on the roads. In due course I taught my father how to drive but he was not a very good driver and had one or two minor accidents.