What a great question! He proposed to me in his car outside my house, so far so ordinary. But the car was a Sunbeam Talbot 2 litre drophead coupe, one of only 40 something ever made. By the time they got back to production after World War II automotive design had moved on and so they remained a bit of a dinosaur. It was beautiful, with running boards, and huge headlights. We used it for our wedding car, but eventually he had to choose between rebuilding it and bringing up 3 children and the children won!
We've been married 34 years. We had some fun in that car, I remember when the brakes failed one day, we were heading towards a row of stationary traffic and luckily there was a turning on our left and we headed for that and managed to stop. And then there was the time the electrics failed at dusk and we had to go the long way back to his house to avoid going past the police station. Happy days, but then I also remember falling over the battery in the bathroom and other bits of car all over the house. Mind you, I wouldn't change him for the world and now we have a much more reliable car. Alison in autumnal Essex UK To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
