A love story Mystery

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Wendy Warren is seeking help with her family history research: "If you could identify this car....." and adds: "I wish I knew more. The photo was taken in Leire, Leicestershire. The man was a wealthy Leeds businessman who met a Leire shop-girl in Leeds – and please don’t ask me or the family how she got to Leeds because they have no idea. He was widowed, fell in love with her, married her and gave her anything she wanted for the rest of his life. He adored her – and she him. She wanted to come back to live in her home village of Leire, so they came and were the bountiful Aunt and Uncle to a large group of nieces and nephews, her brothers and sisters, mother and father. None of that will help you in the slightest, but I think it’s a lovely story. (Editor: and we can only agree to that) 

I know a  little about early cars – my father was Jim Batten of the Beckenham Motor Company and the Batten Specials. In the original I wondered if I could discern an ‘R’ and a pair of wings on the chrome over the radiator, but where was the winged lady? Or could it be an early Delage? It is probably pre-WW1 or just post- or thereabouts. Many thanks!"

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