RichardB Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/20th_cen....php?decade=50s Oh Mam,can I have .... ? was always met with "who do yo think I am, Lady Docker ?" Meant little to use back then .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest echo Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/20th_cen....php?decade=50s Oh Mam,can I have .... ? was always met with "who do yo think I am, Lady Docker ?" Meant little to use back then .... Lady Norah Docker (nee Collins) was the wife of Sir Bernard Docker. She had been a dancer at the Cafe de Paris in London prior to her marriage. Sir Bernard was chairman of Daimler and BSA (Birminghan Small Arms). Controversy follwed her wherever she went, and she was never afraid to voice her opinion publicly. She and her husband seemed to throw money around as if it was water. She was certainly a household name. At one time I worked at Jessop Saville on Brightside Lane. Jessop's belonged to the BSA group, and the Dockers paid a visit. A red carpet was laid down in the Foundry. A gold plated car later arrived (could have been a Daimler), and the Dockers alighted from it. Lady Norah was dressed in a gold satin ball gown!! It is right to say she was a good looker and it made many a man's day. If that was not OTT, I don't know what was. She survived Sir Bernard and died in the late 1980's - she herself being in her eighties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 Just said this to the wife ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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