MEMORY MACHINE
Forty years ago, in south-east England, some kids are playing in an orange Mk 3 Cortina. They are sliding in and out of the windows, and when Mum gets in and they drive off somewhere, they’re making tyre squealing noises every time she takes a bend. We don’t know which one of them is Bo, which is Luke or whether Daisy is present. But one of them, we know for sure, is Rob Darnell-Norrington.
A decade or so later, Rob is enjoying a night out with some mates in Chingford, Essex. Someone has a red Corvette and, as a crowd gathers outside a pub, the Corvette’s owner performs an enormous burnout. The noise, the smoke, the smell - it all has a significant effect on Rob. He even goes to pick up some shreds from the ’Vette’s tortured tyres. Hit the fast-forward button again, and we find ourselves in the waiting room
