April 1974
A judge championed hard-working mothers who have to keep their husbands waiting for their evening meal, on Monday (29-4-74). South African-born Doctor Jolyon Rymer, 46, a consultant radiologist, of Sevenoaks, Kent, had complained that although he was home at 5 pm, by the time his wife had got the children to bed it was 8 pm before he sat down to eat. Mr. Justice Dunn said, in London’s High Court: "Many a husband, I should have thought, would have found it pleasantly relaxing to chat for an hour with his wife and children, then put the children to bed so that they could dine together quietly- but not this husband. His primary thought was what a hard day he had had and how much he wanted his evening meal. It never occurred to him to consider that his wife had also had a hard day doing the household chores, the shopping and a great deal of washing with three children to look after." The judge granted a decree nisi to the wife, Swedish-born Margarets, 38.
PICTURED: Mr. & Mrs. Rymer. She made her husband wait for his meals.
