13-02-2019, 12:21 AM
Correction department - where I said above that Kay Petre was graceful, it should have read gracious. Anyone who has seen photos of her would know just how graceful she was! Secondly, when Julian suggested the German driver in East Africa was Rosemeyer, I agreed, because my correspondence is all done at the local Library, where I don't have access to my notes. With the passage of time, what goes hand in hand is the fading of the memory in my case. I've just checked at home and the driver concerned was definitely von Delius, as I hadn't heard heard of him until then and Mrs. Petre spelt his name out for me. And it wasn't "just a few laps" as she said, it was in a Handicap race. Some may not know that she was later employed as a Colour Consultant with the Austin Company (due to her public criticism of the dull colours on their cars), but it didn't take long that - like most people - she clashed with the despotic Mr. Lord, so she left. How right she was about the colours. Cheers, Bill in Oz