PBI - 'Gordon' would be Gordon Parkin? He was a real dapper gentleman - most of us slopped around in casual clothes but he always turned up wearing tweed jacket and tie! But no-one - absolutely no-one - wore epaulettes at Booker in the 1970s! Not like today. [/GRUMPY OLD GIT]
Joan had to sit on a cushion so she could see over the glareshield. She would refer to anyone who annoyed her as 'it' rather than 'he' or 'she'.