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'I taught him to drive and of course the bicycle I had bought for him was no longer the thing when he wanted to impress the ladies in his class.'
Life had its ups and down as anyone who has ever had the privilege of working with teenagers will testify. I had bought a Nissan Sunny car from Peter Aiken in Harare, and it was a beautiful car. Romuald thought he was the' bees' knee's in this car. I…
'I drove it for a few years until the chassis fell out of it one day so that was the end of it!'
I've always loved driving. I started hen I was 18 and got my licence when I was 19. I used to drive my sister's mini clubman before I got a car of my own to travel to work in. My first car was a wee second hand Datsun 100A. I drove it for a few…
Tags: Chassis, driving, Licence, Satsun 100A, sister
'The road was good as far as Nairobi. From there to Mombasa we were driving on sand'
Two friends from Eldoret, Tom and Ray, asked me to join them for a holiday in Mombasa in December 1964. We agreed that I would provide the transport and they would help with my hotel bills. The road was good as far as Nairobi. From there to Mombasa…