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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Now I completely disagree with you. We don't know the exact circumstances like did he try his sister and she couldn't help? Was the state of mind of the child such that leaving him withe sister would have been too upsetting for the child? Was there a conclusion drawn by the Cummings that best bet all round was to go to the farm estate near Durham?
The 4½ hour journey is neither here nor there; one hour? two hours? three hours? 260 miles. Why bring the distance into it?
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Because the longer the distance the greater percentage of needing garages, service stations, emergency services and breakdown services. That was one of the reasons for the stay at home message.