I was once the proud owner of a 600cc Zundapp which I bought while serving in the Army in Germany, when its British Zone number plate was FK 59 B. I eventually brought it into
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Umberslade feature brought a surprise – for there I was!
Thank you for your excellent magazine. I enjoy reading it every month. What surprised me last time was finding myself pictured top centre on page 33 at my drawing board while working at Umberslade Hall.
Read moreHorsman’s photo evoked some great memories
It was good to see Bruce Preston’s photo of Horsman’s of Liverpool in the last issue. I worked in the workshop there for a year or so in 1970/71. The workshop foreman was Ted Gatward
Read moreHave Bantam racer, will travel – well hopefully at least!
I had several memorable trips during my first year of BSA Bantam racing in 1964. At the time I was a butcher working in Monmouth, and the return trip from my home in Gloucester was
Read moreMystery sidecar was a Mitzi
Being a fan of sidecar outfits and three-wheelers, I very much enjoy the articles by Mick Payne, and his article on the Honda outfit (October), in which he was unsure of the sidecar’s origin, was
Read moreHome from the war – on a Coventry-Eagle?
Attached is a 1947 photo of my uncle, Harold Newton, sitting on his Coventry-Eagle. At least that’s what I think it is, but perhaps other readers could comment. It was taken in Sheffield, probably in
Read moreUnnamed Guzzi was a Cardellino
In the ‘Lightweights with attitude’ feature about Italian motorcycles in last month’s OBM, the small but undescribed Moto Guzzi is a 73cc Cardellino (goldfinch), and as members of the Moto Guzzi Club of Great Britain
Read moreFlat-tank Cotton in last month’s cover shot
Thanks for another great edition of OBM, which really is a top publication these days. Your front page picture is always interesting, and as an active Cotton enthusiast I found last month’s particularly so. The
Read moreHolidays with a Rudge-Whitworth outfit and caravan – for 130 guineas the lot brand new!
It was nice to see October’s front cover picture of the girls on a caravan holiday with their wBSA boat outfit, and I wonder if they knew the girls seen holidaying in the accompanying pictures
Read moreGreeves: Are these bikes still out there?
I have enclosed some photos of bikes I would like to find and possibly buy back, restore and put in my Greeves collection – if they are still out there. Finding the bikes would bring
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