Cool story Jonmac! Thanks for sharing...
Mark
On Dec 12, 2007 2:10 PM, John Macartney <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>
wrote:
> As it grew dark tonight, I found myself travelling home through a quiet
> village close to Birmingham
> in the UK.
> Waiting at the somewhat long red light, I noticed the building alongside
> was a fine example of old
> English house-building with an open timber frame and ancient bricks as an
> infill to the whole. I
> noted with interest that along the eaves of the roof, the owners had
> mounted a number of small
> imitation Christmas trees in wall brackets that were angled outwards at
> about 45 deg. Moreover, each
> tree was adorned with very small white lights that oddly looked a little
> dim.
> The traffic lights went from red to green and back to red as the queue of
> cars moved slowly forwards
> and as I halted for the second time, I was directly outside the imposing
> oak front door. Peering up
> at the house to double-check if the Christmas Tree lights really were as
> dim as they appeared, my
> attention was drawn to a circular blue plaque above the door on which was
> written in small white
> letters:
>
> "Birthplace of Joseph Lucas. Automotive and Marine Lighting Engineer"
>
> Honest!
>
> Jonmac
>
> Originator of The Triumph Trans-America Charity Drive 2009
> www.triumphtransamerica.org.uk
>
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