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24 November 2011 / Dominic Regan
Issue: 7491 / Categories: Blogs
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Dominic Regan is driven to distraction by famous delinquents

Driving does seem to bring out the worst in individuals. I am reading the diaries of the frock designer, Ossie Clark, at the moment. They are breathtaking and highly recommended. An impatient man, he was stuck behind a car at a junction and sensibly decided that he would shunt the vehicle onwards. It was driven by a police officer.

Cooking up a storm

Those of a certain age will remember Johnnie and Fanny Cradock, a married couple who presented an early series of TV cookery programmes. She and cars were a lethal mixture. In 1964, she was having a chat with her friend while behind the wheel of her Rolls Royce in the middle of the road. A police constable, whom she described as “a uniformed delinquent” told her to move on. She said she would when she had finished her conversation. He told her again to move, whereupon she reversed into the car behind her, blaming the officer for directing her to drive on.

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