Page 65 - IT'S A RUM LIFE BOOK TWO "BOSTON 1960 TO 1970"

They had their food all prepared and were seated around
on the ground when quite suddenly this motor scooter came
across the same area that they were using and ran over their
cloth and picnic.
Whether it stopped or when, I am not sure of the facts.
Only that the Police had absolute proof that the scooter
involved belonged to my Aunt because the tyre tracks matched
her scooter exactly. How they did not lock her up and throw
away the key I just do not know.

Finally came the incident with the Lord Mayor of
Aylesbury, or rather his official car.
Being a large stately vehicle it came off the best and Aunt
Madge ended up in Stoke Manderville Hospital, the very same
place where she was working at the time.

I eventually begged the bent and battered scooter from
Aunt Madge as I had in the meantime bought a scooter of the
same marque and model for my own use.
What possible better recommendation could one get, the
LD150 had never let her down. Through thick and thin, forest,
dykes and up and down the UK that remarkable machine had
put up with everything my 20 stone Aunt could throw at it for
eight years or more.
The only thing that had stopped it in the end was being
driven head on into a Daimler Limousine. (I did hear at a later
date that the Mayor of Aylesbury’s car had been declared
unsafe for future use after that collision!)
Madge did get on the road again but insisted on something
smaller. Once back at work she bought a Honda 90 which did
stalwart service for a few more years. Perhaps it was its lack of
sheer power that prevented Aunt Madge from appearing in
any further traffic courts.

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