MAN WITH “AUTOMATIC” MEMORY
Mr Charles Coussens, of Hastings (Sussex), is a man with an “automatic” memory. Dates, phrases, car numbers —especially car numbers —are recorded in his mind as if by a machine. A man rushed into Hastings motor licensing office and asked for the registration number of a car belonging to a friend. Without looking up records, Mr Coussens, who is the clerk there, promptly told him. “Oh, you know my friend, then?” the stranger said. “No,” replied Mr Coussens, “but I can give the number, the make, and the owner of every car in the district from memory.” Mr Coussens, who is 24, gives valuable assistance to the police by producing details of lost and stolen cars without having to wade through records. His colleagues find him most useful. Seldom do the filing cabinets have to be referred to, although 4000 cars are registered in the Hastings area.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 9 January 1940, Page 6
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