Excessive Speed on a Motor Cycle - A Family Story
By Val
@valmnz (17099)
New Zealand
May 5, 2018 5:04pm CST
While searching for something in an old newspaper online recently I decided to put in my father' name, as my sister and I had been trying to work out when he had come to live in our town.
I loved what I found! In 1924 my father, who would have then been 17, was fined in the magistrate's court for riding a motorcycle at an excessive speed. The fine was twenty shillings which, in those days was probably nearly a month's salary.
Now , that's something my father never told me!
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12 responses
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
6 May 18
Our parents, like us, make mistakes when they are young. They are embarrassed to share these things with us. I sometimes tell my daughter some wrong things I did when I was a kid. 
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@snowy22315 (169965)
• United States
5 May 18
Yes, your parents don't tell you everything!
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
6 May 18
I bet your father heard a handful from his parents!
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
11 May 18
That would have been a lot of money.... funny how he kept that quiet too...
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
6 May 18
Oh he kept it a secret, did he. Well any information about a loved one is great to have.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 May 18
Very interesting! I am sure he would say, "Do as I say, not as I do.
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