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Don’t show this to Health & Safety
I thought that this print might give the health and safety brigade a few challenging moments. The venue is a garden fete being held in the grounds of a hospital situated between Blackheath and Woolwich, some time in the late Forties or early Fifties. The intrepid contestants are Paddy (I bumped into him some 15…
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OCTOBER 2018
NEWS BIT ON THE SIDE MADE IN JAPAN READERS’ LETTERS COMET CLASSICS READERS’ TALES VMCC/FOUNDERS’ DAY DIARY DATES THEN AND NOW – STILL HERE UNEARTHED FEEDBACK KOP HILL CLIMB CLASSIFIED SERVICES GUIDE CLUB CALL
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BENNETTS CLASSIC TT
Having been plagued with poor weather for the practice period, the big news from this year’s Classic TT (presented by Bennetts) was that John McGuinness won the Bennetts Senior race on his return to road racing after a 15-month break due to injury In fact, John hadn’t raced on the Mountain circuit since his first…
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Ron Farthing
Ron will be familiar to readers of Old Bike Mart. Indeed until recently his resident advertising spot on the top right hand side of OBM has been a familiar sight for the past 30 years or so. Sadly, after a three-year battle with prostate cancer, Ron passed away at St Margaret’s Hospice, Taunton, on August…
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BONHAMS AT STAFFORD
With this issue hitting your doormats on the 6th, you’ve just over a week before the Autumn Stafford Show (more correctly the 25th Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, at the county showground just to the east of the county town) and, consequently, Bonhams’ most focussed motorcycle auction of the year. Aside from some rather…
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STAFFORD’S AUTUMN BONANZA
Classic motorcycle enthusiasts will be counting down to the annual Stafford show – with something extra-special lined up for this year. The Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, held over the weekend of October 13 and 14, will feature a profusion of crackling two-stroke Grand Prix machinery, topped off for the first time in the…
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Editorial
As you’ll know from last issue’s editorial, Pete Kelly has slid across to the lofty heights of the editorial high chair of Railway Modeller Magazine, allowing me to perch myself in the still-warm and comfy OBM editor’s armchair, settling happily into the re-stuffed cushions and ignoring the threadbare arms and bits of horsehair hanging beneath.…
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Revelling in the high life
Ian Kerr MBE puts on his climbing boots, and goes on a hill climb pilgrimage. In the last few years, the two-day Kop Hill climb run has established itself as a Mecca for those keen on classic cars and bikes. Raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for local charities, the event held each September is…
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Foundering about
There was no shortage of variety at the VMCC’s annual Stanford Hall shindig, this year held in late July, as James Robinson discovered… The Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Founders’ Day has found a long-standing home at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire, for years the ‘go to’ place for many enthusiasts, particularly those interested in the older…
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Sprinting – two classic sprinting events in one!
While drag racing may be considered to be a forward-looking sport with ever increasing speeds and decreasing elapsed times, the more traditional form of the sport – sprinting – is sometimes unfairly seen as the more sedate option. This is at odds with the fact there are folk who only race in sprints who’re continually…
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