This one actually happened quite a while ago, but I've been urged to write it up. They clearly don't know each other, but they have two things in common — age and class. Bundled up against the cold in overcoats and scarves, the gentleman wears an old-fashioned check cap and the lady has a cosy headscarf. He holds her arm as they board the train in the windy West London no-mans-land on the way to Heathrow, but she's supporting him as much as she supports her. 'Oh, thank you,' she says, in the... read more
