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Delamere: The lord who had a penchant for making trouble

Lord Delamere's picture taken in 1961. [File, Standard]

The red light blinks nonchalantly as cars hurtle ceaselessly past the harried pedestrians’ whose glances at the man with the peaked cap and the reflective yellow jacket are ignored.

The man then leans towards the lamppost, presses the switch and judiciously stops the reckless flirtatious dance with death.

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