Pauline Buckingham was cruising in style Wednesday evening.
While checking out the classic cars in the parking lot of Trillium Manor, Buckingham, a resident at the Grace Avenue home, talked Gary Thornton into taking her for a ride in his 1931 Model A Ford sport coupe.
“It was actually smooth. I was surprised,” she said after the ride. “It was hard getting in because my legs aren’t good, but the whole thing was worth it.”
The classic car show was the brainchild of Jessie-Lee Jaques, who works in Trillium Manor’s activation department. She kicked off a summer of programming with a bike show in June, during Seniors Month.
“We wanted to start off the summer with something special,” she said.
When planning for the car show, she handed out flyers in town and enlisted the help of her father, who knows plenty of people who own the old vehicles.
Wednesday’s event seemed like a great fit, she said.
“A lot of them have short-term memory loss, and this takes a lot of them back to their roots.”
Shirley Abbott was enjoying the change of scenery in the parking lot.
“It’s a joy to see something that you haven’t seen before,” said the Trillium Manor resident. “One thing I get a kick out of is the young people and the joy they show (for their classic cars).”
It makes sense to Buckingham that younger generations would want to own the classics.
“They have better style,” she said.
