Alexandra Palace and kids in toy cars, an unmitigated pleasure?

Alexandra Palace. Photo by the Sharot family. Copyright.

I was sent this picture by a member of my family. Alexandra Palace is in north west London, England. I was pleased to see this fine, huge, hilltop, historic building, after its ups and downs, damaged, empty, renovated, re-opened to the public.

Toy Cars

Another photo shows a child, aged two, in a toy car. A two year old! Well, it's only a toy car, attached to a shopping trolley. What is amusing is the idea that a small child can steer a wheel, and send something on wheels hurtling in all directions. On this occasion, the vehicle is actually steered by fond mother. What could go wrong? Naturally, we encourage children to be confident. What could go wrong?

Real Cars - permission

 Maybe time to teach the child to ask permission to drive a car. Or at least, you nod and give verbal permission to give her the idea that maybe she should get permission. 

In the USA , in UTAH, a five year old was the youngest child ever as far as the police know to drive Dad's car. The event, the police, astonished, stopping the car, astonished by the youth of the driver, was caught by police on a motorway, on a viral video. 

A two year old fired a gun. Another released a car brake or gear.

The same about to use a knife, and leave the table, and cross the road. 

Please share links to your favourite posts.

Useful Websites

Events, activities and children's playground

https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/

Lots of photos here

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alexandra_Palace#/media/File:Alexandra_Palace_Sept._2016_90.jpg

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/utah-boy-driver.html

https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/14/child-filmed-driving-lorry-along-motorway-for-second-time-in-a-week-13267715/

I wrote a book called Etiquette for every occasion. Ralph Nader wrote a book about planes called Unsafe at any height. There should be a book called Safety for every occasion. Perhaps there is.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and author.

See Amazon for my 20 books including

Etiquette for Every Occasion

Improve Your English with alliteration, assonance and rhyme.

I have several blogs including 

https://dressofthedayangela.blogspot.com/

Comic Poems by Hazel Nutter blogspot.com

Please share links to your favourite posts.