Scanlan: Polowin Avenue is a stroll down memory lane for decorated naval man

Alex Polowin received a pleasant surprise when he tried to pay for some body repair work on his car.
First, you should know that Polowin is 92, a navy man who served in the Second World War, having signed up for duty just before his 17th birthday. His father, an immigrant from Lithuania, couldn’t read or write English so didn’t realize the paper he was signing said that Alex was 18, old enough to serve his country. Outfoxed by his own kid.
So here was the ancient mariner at the body