MY FIRST CAR
Former Emmerdale star Frazer Hines was a teenager when he got his first car, a Morris Ten.
“I learned to drive in a Renault Dauphin,” said the actor, 79, who was born in Leeds and raised in Harrogate.
“I remember the Morris quite fondly. It was like something out of an Al Capone film. I enjoyed driving and felt quite privileged to have a car. Not everyone did in those days. It was quite something.
“Later I had a Wolseley Hornet and a fourseater Morgan which I was fond off.”
Frazer was a child actor even appearing alongside Charlie Chaplin in a film in 1957 and first came to national attention when he appeared in Doctor Who as companion to Patrick Troughton.
He then most notably played Joe Sugden in Emmerdale Farm, later Emmerdale, from 1972 to 1994 which made him a household name.
“I have always enjoyed driving and being an actor means you tend to spend a lot of time on the road,” he said. “That’s not a bad thing if you like cars like I did.
“I had a lovely MGTC at one time and then I got into Volvos.”
But Frazer, who spoke to The Yorkshire Post from London where he was recording a Doctor Who audiobook, said he has never been busier.
“I now have a Peugeot 3008,” he said. “I almost bought it by accident. I saw it in the showroom and liked it. It’s a good size and I like all the bells and whistles. I used to be very fond of driving. And I have a spent a lot of money on cars over the years but some of the fun has gone out of it now because of the road taxes and cameras everywhere.
“I tend to get the train a lot these days, especially if I’m going to London.”
Frazer, who lives in Lincolnshire, said: “I have had some fun cars over the years, too many to name them all.”