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
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Category: Letters
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,
Read moreMore 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
Read moreSetting 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!
Read moreBonnie 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,
Read moreClimbing 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.
Read moreTrials 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
Read moreFrom 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
Read moreHard-working ’ped
Hello again, France calling! I saw this contraption in Marciac in south-west France yesterday.
Read moreStopping a Comet
This could be useful to readers who, like me, own a James Comet or one of its many guises from the early Fifties.
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