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EPISODES
Father was called out on several occasions to assist when
Madge had misjudged the corners of rural Lincolnshire and
found herself in the bottom of a dyke. We travelled to North
Lincolnshire one evening when she had taken a wrong turning
and fallen off the scooter in the twisty steep streets of Caistor.

That evening I ended driving the scooter back to Boston
while Madge, somewhat bruised and bent took the passenger
seat of the family car. My sister has just reminded me that on
this fateful night, the volume of “gear” my Aunt was carrying
on that scooter filled the boot of the car and most of the back
seat! It all had to be unloaded before the poor old Lambretta
could be put back on an even keel.
I must add at this moment that Madge did travel in that
Renault Dauphine just once. Mother had such trouble keeping
the car going in a straight line that she was banned from this
vehicle in the future. I once had the misfortune to have to
travel behind Madge, me on the Lambretta passenger seat.
Her bulk before me was off putting but extremely good at
protecting me from wind and rain.

PENULTIMATE
The penultimate episode was when father was
“commanded” to assist in a rather unpleasant motoring
incident in Epping Forest.
Madge had moved back to the London area having found
the rural Lincolnshire roads with their wide dykes just too
great a disadvantage. My father as far as I could work out was
to appear in court as a character witness for my Aunt.
The case involved a scooter rider (my Aunt), who had
blatantly driven across a table cloth being used by a family
having a picnic in the forest.
Evidently the family were well away from the road, or so
they thought.

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