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DACS PAT GRAVES IN TV MEMORY SHOW! |
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 DaC's
Memory Lady - Pat Graves
Call Sign received numerous phone calls and emails from drivers who had seen DaC driver / Marshal Pat Graves on a TV programme about improving or maintaining your memory. In the show, Pat had the task of teaching absent-minded children’s entertainer Jilly Jellybean (real name Morgan Farraday) - who often has trouble finding her way to gigs - various methods to improve her memory and to enable her to get to venues before the little darlings fall asleep after waiting so long! |
"It’s all about mnemonics, or the art of association to aid your
memory" said Pat when Call Sign eventually caught
up with her between her DaC marshalling duties and the hours she
spends working out in a gym - her trim figure giving the game away! "My five years as a Knowledge of London instructor gave me plenty of opportunity to practice what I preach," said Pat, modestly forgetting that two of her former students are now PCO KoL Examiners themselves! "Mnemonics," asked Call Sign? "Isn’t that something to do with road drilling?" "No," replied Pat, "mnemonics is a method of aiding or improving your memory by way of associating something with something else, to jog your brain into recalling certain details," she explained. "For the TV programme, I taught Jilly J some techniques to improve her memory, allowing her to direct a bus around London while pointing out certain landmarks along the route to the passengers on the bus, without any aids - just from memory," said Pat proudly. She went on to add: "We spent almost a week filming at Longleat House in Wiltshire, as well as one day in and around Pall Mall and some time in my cab as well. The cabs’ door logo’s got some TV exposure too, giving Dial-a-Cab free publicity," she grinned. Professor Robert Winston and Dr Tanya Byron hosted the TV show in which viewers could participate by testing their own powers of recollection and observation against a visual quiz set in the historic Longleat House. So the next time you see Pat marshalling along London Wall, ask her why she needs to write down your registration number? On second thoughts, she’s probably tougher than us…! Call Sign MM6 |
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