A Mother’s Memoirs

Two young ladies from Southland in New Zealand embarked on travel to “Home’ as they called it then, sailing by ship,visiting Australia, Ceylon, Africa, Italy, arrived at the Docks in England and planned the rest of their journey around Britain. Buying a car for ￡65 they drove north and visited many cities and towns, staying at hotels or B&Bs as they are now. The maids came with washing water to their bedroom and electricity wasn’t always available. Candles seemed to be more common! The trip took them through Scotland and down the West Coast back into England and included Wales. The South of England was well documented and the whole journey back to London took six months. History, geography , people and customs were of great interest. “The old bus’ as they called it had a lot of maintenance but the local garages near where they stayed provided what was necessary. Brakes had to be adjusted many times as some of the roads in those days were difficult and graveled. The hood on the car went up and down according to the weather. The diary is as it was written and is transcribed on to our modern computer to live forever!