Aunty Pat used to be massively into rockin’ American stuff (like Harleys and Suzi Quatro) back in the day when the kids were small.
She set up an all ladies Motorcycle Club (MC) especially for ladies who couldn’t ride motorbikes (or drive) and they all got to come up with their own special tough “motorcycle club names”! Aunty Pat chose a “Motorcycle Club Name” inspired by a
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film with motorbikes someone told her about.
The MC “Broads” all chipped in spare housekeeping money and got an old Harley with no engine they all could take turns to sit on. Pat kept pestering Uncle Dennis’s youngest brother Wayne for a lend of his leathers but he refused. Instead she had to make do with second-youngest brother Ronnie’s cast-offs (he was a big Shakin Stevens fan).
It lasted years, but got increasingly embarrassing for the kids to have everyone in Southend shouting “Oi Oi! Easy Rider!” (and various other innuendo-laden
fictional nonsense) at Pat everywhere they went. Finally when Janice was 15 and Derek was 14, exasperated they sat her down and explained what it all meant.
Aunty Pat doesn’t talk much about those Easy Rider days anymore. But she still gets a tear in her eye when she hears a Suzi Quatro song or, strolling down the street sees a daring Broad all decked out in double denim.