We are delighted to have received the following story from JW:
The tank's delivery crew stayed at The Bull in Peascod Street. My mother, at the age of 9, - and in what started out as a spotless summer dress - was allowed to ride inside the tank as it was driven around Windsor before being driven onto its concrete base and deactivated.Our Original Bachelors Acre Tank Story
According to my Aunt Mercia, who had charge of her younger sister that day, 'the inside of the tank was filthy and so was Mum's dress when she got out at the other end of the ride.' Aunt Mercia said Grandma Maud was furious that she had allowed Mum to get so dirty, "Nice gels don't get dirty!" she said!
When Mother died, amongst her papers I found a 'Bull Hotel' menu card autographed by all of the delivery crew and annotated with 'José Wilson' who rode in our tank around Windsor and the date. I sent a copy to the Bovington Tank Museum - who hadn't known up to that point that Windsor had been one of the towns to be given a tank under the scheme.
