1976, I passed my Driving Test at the 2nd attempt,(I had plenty of lessons over about a 8 month period!) on 23 July that year, soon after that I borrowed some money and put that with what I had managed to save and brought my first Car "A Morris 1800" it was a great first Car, I brought it from a Half Cousin for I think £125!
The first thing I brought for the Car was a Cassette Player, the Make of the Player was "PYE" quite a big Brand Name back then! I was still working as a Trainee Chef in the same Hotel, by this time I had a Big Pay Rise, My Weekly wage for about 48 Hours was £7, we had our Annual Pay Rise, and I went right up to £19 per week, which was quite a Decent wage then for a Trainee Chef, I actually worked in what was Classed as "The Best Hotel in our Town" as It is still probably to this day!
I recall wedging my Stereo Speakers into the back side windows, facing into the Car!
WOW that Stereophonic Sound! and I can Quite easily remember the first track I played, it was "Love Machine" by The Miracles featuring Billy Griffin, I can remember getting one of my fellow chefs out of the Kitchen to Check out my New Tape Player "in the car" he was impressed, or said he was!
nice first car you got there it reminds me of my grandpas mini cooper
ReplyDeletenice car, it even more beautiful than my minitruck
ReplyDeletelovely post...surely you can remember almost all the details of it :)
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