The Red Flag Act was repealed in 1896 and Mrs.
Grimstone of Halse, Somerset remembers seeing the first car in Bishop’s Lydeard
bring driven up the Minehead Road, preceded by a man carrying a red flag. One
fine Sunday afternoon she and a friend were going for a walk dressed in their
Sunday best when the local Doctor offered them a ride in his car. Very excited
to be travelling in a motor – practically unknown in this quiet country village
– they accepted, but as they had to get out and help push the car up every
slight incline, She said that it took a month of Sundays to get their gloves,
hats, scarves all clean again.
2 comments:
My driving instructor indicated a man with a red flag might be useful for me.....
I can think of a few others that a red flag might be useful too.
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