Alf Rogers
master brummie
Once, a
Sometime around 1979/ 1980, I was walking along Birchfield Road, Perry Barr by the flyover, heading towards Holy Trinity Church, when I heard the unmistakable tyre sound of an expensive car approaching. I turned around, and instantly recognised Noele Gordon, behind the wheel of a brown Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. The number plate, NG 10, confirmed her identity. She was driving with her nose in the air, literally! I waved, but didn't catch her eye. It was my closest brush with a TV star!me and my late wife lived just down the road from Noelle Gorden in Handsworth wood. i said allo once, she looked at me,and walked on