Will Hand wrote:
"Rodney Blackall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Alan Murphy wrote:
Getting home in a car
was an absolute nightmare and was literally a question
of someone walking in front of the car and guiding it
along the road by feeling the kerb. Honest :-)

Alan

Of course in those days the walker was bare-foot and could tell by the feel
of the surface which road he (always a" he") was in!


Feet, you had feet? You were lucky, when I was young .... :-)

Let me guess Will isn't short for William?

I only experienced on of them but still remember how black everything
got in it. I hope your personal hygiene standards were better than the
public one.