Comments on: Lady Docker’s Golden Chariot (Aug, 1956)

By: vic parks

vic parks — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:25:32 +0000

“When I were a lad…” it was my understanding that the Dockers flaunted their wealth so much, in very hard times, that it caused considerable resentment from the struggling Working Classes and poor. They appeared to revel in the publicity they sort, (similar to the Kate and Pippa Middletons basking in their acquired limelight?). The mink coats, huge diamonds and lavish cars emphasised the huge gap between the rich and poor.

Were they not pressured by their peers, in the worried Upper Classes, to adopt a lower profile? Was Lord Docker’s demise as Chair of BSA due to the “gentry’s” fear of possible revolution with the rise of Communism in the East?

To some extent the parallels are there in contemporary society, with growing resentment of today’s gap between rich and poor. With even more financial austerity forcing down the less well off, should the arrogant rich and affluent be afraid of the incubating anger in the general population? Are the recent riots the tip of an ice-burg and a prelude to things to come?

Vic Parks (Old, Grassroots Geezer!)

By: Christian Marcus Ghisays

Christian Marcus Ghisays — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:12:53 +0000

Hermosa Cove in Jamaica was the holiday home and honeymoon location of the Dockers or so we are lead to beleive. Monroe Flynn Noel Coward Ian Flemming to name a few partied till dawn here they say. The old house is gone know but there are still reminence of stone work and a old pool.Presently the location has been turned into a small hotel you can view it on http://www.hermosacove.com the owners are looking for a a Daimler from the 1950s to buy also anymore info on the Dockers have found a lot on the web.you can contact me on
christianghisays8@hotmail or 876 438 3239 thanks

By: Greg B

Greg B — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:00:36 +0000

Do you have details of the yacht that Lady Docker wanted refurbishing, then refused to pay?
She must have been a wonderful character..and to think I was in love with Lady Docker’s great niece!..

By: David Bryden

David Bryden — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:35:09 +0000

The car is now in the Louwman Collection.

http://tinyurl.com/5km774

By: katey

katey — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:07:49 +0000

I think it’s ‘secondhand’ because she wasn’t able to keep it because of her hubby’s job trouble- I think Diamler ended up with it and are trying to sell it.

I wonder if this thing is still out there, somewhere, or if it ended up junked at some point in the 70s.

The bar is a nice touch. A bar, and an umbrella holder…. two more things my Chevy Cobalt doesn’t have.

By: Benzene

Benzene — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:37:21 +0000

The article describes every inch of the pimped ride, but doesn’t say why the car’s World’s Most Secondhand Car. Does she let a different member of the toiling masses borrow it every day?

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:45:07 +0000

So is she Lady Docker or Lady Nora? Jeez, even back then they didn’t bother to try to get it right.

Those who don’t like titles should not use them. They shouldn’t go out of their way to use them wrong.

By: Michael Patrick

Michael Patrick — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:21:15 +0000

Seems to be a common British design to have umbrellas contained within doors. Today’s Rolls Royce has the same arrangement as this 1956 Daimler.