MORRIS MINOR - MAJOR LIFT


They don’t make Morris Minor cars anymore. They were known as an economy car and were described as typifying ‘Englishness’. 
My mum had a ‘Morrie Thou’ (A thousand CC Morris Minor). It had indicators that popped out the left and right sides like tiny arms. Kind of cute and kind of comical. 
Many years ago my friend Stephen invited me to go with him in his Morris Minor around the South Island of New Zealand. I accepted his invitation, knowing that our trip might take a few extra days as his car had a top speed of 70 kph going downhill with a tail wind. 
A week or so into our trip and we found ourselves in a small town (whose name I can’t remember) on Christmas Day. It was around lunchtime and we were rather dejectedly watching family groups gathering for lunch. 
As we sat outside a shop a stranger must have noticed our forlorn faces. He stopped and asked us if we had somewhere to go for lunch. We said no and to our surprise and delight he then asked us to come to his family lunch. I’ve never said yes please so quickly. 
We sat around the dining room table with his family and enjoyed a wonderful meal and conversations. Our spirits had a major lift and we continued on our way being passed by every car and not caring one bit. My thanks to the stranger and his family for caring a lot.




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