A letter to my dad’s old Volvo

about 6 years in The guardian

You were a television star – driven by Roger Moore in The Saint. You were a beauty
My first memory of you is my three siblings and I cramming into your tiny rear seat, which I am certain was never made for passengers – let alone four children with school bags. You are a family legacy, a cherished conversation starter, a memorabilia of my father’s time in England.
He got you while he was studying in London in the 1970s. I remember seeing a picture of you and my dad in his bell-bottoms and a butterfly-collar shirt, with a proud smile on his face. You were yellow back then. Continue reading...

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