Sam Hewitt

Many thanks for putting in the article about Jack and June Taylor in the April issue of OBM, their daughter Jenny was made up. Reading your editorial in this month’s issue is a true reflection on my situation and many people like me at the moment. At 73, I do spend a lot of time…

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As you still seem to be publishing photos in support of the ‘First Bikes’ theme, I now attach my own, a 350cc Ariel ‘sloper’ of about 1932 vintage with hand gear change and acquired on my 16th birthday in 1946, seen here with me wearing my Farnham Grammar school scarf! I stuck with Ariels for…

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Thanks for the great article on the art of the technical illustrators (April edition). These type of illustrations have fascinated me for as long as I can remember – from looking at my dad’s Blue ’uns and Green ’uns in the early ’50s, right through to buying my own magazines in my mid-late teens, and…

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Being a subscriber l know you often have chaps writing in to see if anyone can find their old bike. Well, in these days when you can’t get out on your bike l started to sort out some old pics l had and came across the enclosed. It was taken at the Bottom of Barregarrow…

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We eulogise about The Good Days, but were they really as good as we like to remember? In 1956 I was at a Cadwell Park race meeting with Charlie Freeman when, after the racing had finished and the paddock was emptying, a man came along, puffing, panting, and pushing his pride and joy of a…

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Re OBM 418, page 28, Pete Kelly’s “Technical Illustrations”. See photos (above) of the “ingenious” twist-grip dip switch, as illustrated on page 28 of OBM 418 – this one is fitted to my recently acquired 1956 BSA M33. I thought readers may like to see the actual item as I have never seen another one.…

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The mention of Durness (at the top left-hand corner of Scotland) in a page 16 photo caption of the April OBM edition reminded me of the journey we made to the top right-hand side of Scotland 56 years ago in 1964 from Birmingham. The story may be of interest to readers. We got as far…

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