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to raise money for worthy charities , targeting Dementia in 2018 and 2019 — and will again support Race Against Dementia in 2021 . Did you know that the great Jackie Stewart , after more
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All that glitters is not gold and believe it or not , life was not always the same paradise as it is for the Lewis Hamiltons and Charles Leclercs of today .
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Sir Jackie and Lady Helen Stewart Photo taken in July 1969 at the French GP at the Circuit de Charade
Shirley and Peter Procter taken in Rufforth , North Yorkshire . The Trophy was the ‘ Commander York trophy ’, in 1961 . than 55 years of love and companionship with his wife Helen , is helping her cope with dementia ? It hits one in three families in old age !
SHOW-STOPPING CABARETS IN PRESTIGIOUS PLACES
These ladies put on the Cabaret of Cabarets , full of mischief and ribald and libellous stories about their famous husbands . It was a self-roasting that attracted a sell-out audience at prestigious places like the Savoy , Dorchester and Hilton . And they raised a bundle for Charity .
There is even a T-shirt which states , I survived the Doghouse Pantomime . ‘ We did two , ( says Loti Irwin ) one at the Mermaid theatre and one at the Mayfair . Graham Hill as the genie ... quite scary !’ The cabarets were absolute show-stoppers .
‘ They were a great mix of professional dance routines , very funny sketches to very racy numbers with our respectable ladies , singing outrageous things about us drivers , often with news that was news to us !’ laughs former Grand Prix driver Howden Ganley .
For the famous Doghouse Ball itself , they started it at the River Room at The Savoy Hotel and then it grew out of that into the Dorchester and finally into the large ballroom at the Hilton , Park Lane until 1999 .
‘ ONLY MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN GO OUT IN MIDDAY SUN ’
( Rudyard Kipling )
The ‘ doghouse ’; that cold kennel in the garden where naughty dogs are sent for misbehaving — why this for a name . ‘ In the doghouse ’. We doubt it is these beautiful ladies that have been sent to the doghouse . So we are left guessing if they get together to discuss appropriate punishment for husbands who misbehave !
Of course misbehaviour could just mean a glass of wine too many , a broken ornament or the ultimate sin forgetting an anniversary . Paying too much attention to rival beauties or infidelities — we won ’ t go there !
It ’ s an amusing twist on a name but don ’ t forget that the reason for the Doghouse Owners ’ Club creation was the great danger of motor-racing during those years . We are already reminded of the
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