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Editor Intro
Taking a break from the monthly deadline panic and pressures, I decided to pop along to my local autojumble for a wander around and a look, with some spare change rattling in my pocket should a bargain appear. I’m lucky in that, where I’m currently living, there are a decent number of autojumbles within easy…
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Cadwell feedback
Colin Clark’s pictures of numbers 51 and 16 in the April OBM do not identify with any machines in my programmes for the years 1946 and ’50s at Cadwell. Number 40, however, is of the well-known Midland Sidecar Champion W (Bill) Boddice from Smethwick; very good riding a solo, but on an outfit he was…
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Flyers on the flyer
Just looking at the flyer for the April Stafford Show and would like to know where the picture is, it looks like a mass start of a road race but where? J Hoskison It is, indeed, a road race, the most famous of them all! As the Stafford Show celebrated 100 years of the Isle…
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More Fifties Cadwell
Here are some more images taken by Colin Clark at Cadwell in the early 1950s. Thanks to Dennis Prosser we now have names for some of the riders. It would be great if Dennis would be willing to help with identifying the remaining competitors. (As he indeed has, see his letter and photograph on this…
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Setting a milestone
In the April edition article on Ariel side valves there is a picture from 1931 of a painter highlighting a milestone. He obviously did a good job, as it’s still there in London Road, Andover! The area has changed though since his visit, as can be seen in the recent photo. Doug Hopkins Read more…
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Bonnie in hiding
I’m trying to somehow track down my father’s old Triumph Bonneville that he had to sell when he decided to have a family. As far as I can tell, it’s still registered on the road, but with data protection nowadays I think I’m going to struggle. Do you have any ideas of what I could…
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Climbing hills
A letter in the March OBM has prompted me to put pen to paper – Peter Cowlan’s exploits on his 650 Triumph, and it was the photo of Hartland Quay hillclimb that caught my eye. I would have been there myself in March 1980, racing my 250 Enfield, and remember Peter riding many sprints and…
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Trials for all
What a surprise to see a photo of me and my 1938 Ariel RH 500 on page 37 of the April OBM. I am pictured descending a ‘medium’ steep hill at a practice day near Meopham in Kent. The organising club were the Double Five. This must have been circa 1995. My very first Pre-’65…
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From Manannan
My wife and I moved to the Isle of Man 27 years ago, having been travelling to the TT, Manx Grand Prix and Southern 100 since the ’70s, so we thought why not! And we’re glad we did so! I have been getting OBM since it was a free mag given out at autojumbles – it’s…
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MAY 2019
NEWS BIT ON THE SIDE MADE IN JAPAN LETTERS CLUB CALL FROM THE ARCHIVE READERS’ TALES UNEARTHED FEEDBACK WORKSHOP EVENT REPORT: PIONEER RUN 2019 KICK START YOUR SUMMER CLASSIFIED SERVICES GUIDE DIARY DATES Editor Intro After a lacklustre start to the classic bike season, with the postponement of the Bristol Bike Show, it seems that…
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