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Sherborne-based Charterhouse Auctioneers is delighted to announce ex-bike and car racer, George Beale, has joined its classic and vintage motorcycle and car department. George’s motorsports career started in 1965 when he competed in motorcycle trials and scrambles, and it continues today – he was a class winner in the 2018 Gordon Bennett Classic Car Rally.…

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Being something of an active club, the Hesketh Owners Club set themselves a photographic competition last year, and it finally came to a conclusion last month. I t was meant to be a bit of fun but it ran a bit like an auction; nobody wanted to make the opening bid – but then it…

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While the ever-changing self-isolation and current lockdown situations are causing havoc with events all around the country, this year’s Bamburgh Run – taking place on Sunday, June 14 – is potentially still set to run, being hosted from a new venue, Lady Waterford Hall in Ford Village, Northumberland. The run has started at Bamburgh Castle…

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The Gold Star Owners Club erected a memorial stone on Saturday, November 16 last year in Fingland, Cumbria, near the site where Wal Handley died on November 15, 1941. The decision to erect the memorial was made by the Gold Star Owners Club a few years ago, but these things take time – finding a…

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Land that belongs to the Ministry of Defence is, by and large, inaccessible to the general public. However, Ian Kerr finds a way that we can use that land to our advantage… Kevin Allaway, the joint clerk of the course for the annual pre-’65 Talmag Trophy Trial run on the MoD land at Hungry Hill,…

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Seeking solace away from what remains of the Christmas food and drink binge is never difficult for the motorcycle-obsessed, and while the garage is inevitably the first stop, Newark Showground holds an appeal that many can’t resist, Dave Manning being just one… To use its full title, the Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic…

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While the headline may suggest some kind of daring aeronautical manoeuvre, it’s actually referring to the fact that a bike being sold at an H&H Auction will see proceeds go towards the purchase of the old United Reformed Church in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, built by a distant relation of the bike’s current owner, former RAF pilot…

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Mortons Books have just launched their latest book catalogue – brimming with fantastic new titles to explore while you’re stuck at home.

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For the fourth year on the trot, Crich Tramway Village in Derbyshire will be hosting its annual Classic Motorcycle Day, this year falling on Sunday, July 5. Organised in conjunction with the Vincent HRD Owners’ Club, the event combines the passions of vintage trams and classic motorcycles, thus offering a great family day out. Free…

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April 25-26 will mark the 40th anniversary of the world-famous Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show, held at Stafford County Showground. It also marks 20 years of Stafford Show being directed with the reins of Mortons Media, with the first double decade being run by the gent who started it all, Alan Whitehead. And while…

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