He would say `Good Morning Mrs. Barnes,’ and bend down and shake hands with mother and others, and the old horse’s head would come over the hedge of Bank Cottage. If Ken and I were out walking on Sundays, possibly having been to see Aunty Rose (Ballard) on Brook Green, we would see the Seely Family in their Rolls Royce going home from church and they often offered us a lift. There were seats which could be pulled down, facing those sitting on the back seats. We often had a lift in the car with them and when we got out they would give us 6d.

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