THE F.A.N.Y. OF 1909 DRIVE MOTOR CARS IN 1939.—Thirty years ago daughters of the British aristocracy joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, rode mettlesome horses, and carried big outfits of bandages, cotton wool, boracic powder and safety pins. They were doing their bit in the style of 1909. Now the F.A.N.Y. has been incorporated in the Women’s Transport Service, and. instead of riding horses, they drive motor cars capable of speeds up to 100 m.p.h.. and, in addition to holding a first aid certificate, they must be able to do running repairs. Only one thing about the new F.A.N.Y. is the same as in 1909 —most of the members are still drawn from the aristocracy, for they number peers’, baronets’ and knights’ daughters among their members. A member of the 1909 F.A.N.Y. shows her mechanical ability by dealing with a modern magneto, among other parts of a car's interior mechanism.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 August 1940, Page 6

THE F.A.N.Y. OF 1909 DRIVE MOTOR CARS IN 1939.—Thirty years ago daughters of the British aristocracy joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, rode mettlesome horses, and carried big outfits of bandages, cotton wool, boracic powder and safety pins. They were doing their bit in the style of 1909. Now the F.A.N.Y. has been incorporated in the Women’s Transport Service, and. instead of riding horses, they drive motor cars capable of speeds up to 100 m.p.h.. and, in addition to holding a first aid certificate, they must be able to do running repairs. Only one thing about the new F.A.N.Y. is the same as in 1909 —most of the members are still drawn from the aristocracy, for they number peers’, baronets’ and knights’ daughters among their members. A member of the 1909 F.A.N.Y. shows her mechanical ability by dealing with a modern magneto, among other parts of a car's interior mechanism.