When John was aged 15, the family moved across the street to number 65 Harley Street. It was larger, so the consulting rooms and family quarters could be kept separate.
In the evenings the family would change for dinner. John and his father wore dinner jackets and Joy and his mother evening gowns. (By this stage Joanna had left home.) When dinner was over, John and Joy would sometimes roll back the carpet in the great drawing room, and dance to gramophone records.
That same year, in 1936, Dr Stott gained a special honour. He received a letter from Buckingham Palace inviting him to become a Physician to the Royal Household. John was at school when the news broke, and he sent his father a telegram: HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS SIMPLY GRAND BRAVO JOHN
