Mr or Mrs Toad of Toad Hall (From York Press)

Mr or Mrs Toad of Toad Hall

10:38am Thursday 18th March 2010

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In a letter to The Press Claire wrote about her husband and his job as a traffic cop.

When you have white hair and stick to the rules of the road you always have Mr or Mrs Toad of Toad Hall up ya bum. Usually in a powerful German car, as a symbol of their self perceived importance in life.

I covered the whole country as a salesman, often averaging 50,000 business miles a year creating millions of pounds worth of business and jobs over the length and breadth of the land. I have not a blemish on my license since getting it in 1946.

I was always very aware of the danger of loosing the most important tool in my living. I saw good salesmen forced to hire drivers to keep their business going.

I am now very aware of the importance of our car to our freedom to get about in retirement and I am not going to jeopardize that for Mr or Mrs Toad.

I wish men like Claire's husband every success in their fight against todays highwaymen of our roads, holding lives to ransom.