With reference to Tim Britton’s ongoing project and losing things when moving house. I too have suffered the same agony. In 1984 we relocated, but only next door, so we took out two sections of
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Category: Letters
Percy’s pain in the backside…
Reading the Percy Tait obituary (February 2020) reminded me of the various chats I had with Jaguar tester and legend Norman Dewis, who also passed away in 2019 – June 8 to be precise, at
Read moreConquest memories
Martin Squires’ Sketchbooks are outstanding every month but that beautiful drawing of the Cotton Conquest in the January 2020 issue really took me back. Martin’s statement that a production of 200 might have been exaggerated
Read moreCruising treat
What could be better than reading TCM whilst being mid-Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2? I have owned my B31 since 1965 and it’s been recently restored to its original alternator specification, after I had
Read moreMonty’s Beam in museum
Having read the fantastic article in the March edition of The Classic Motorcycle, regarding the Sunbeam S7/S8, I can inform you that Lord Montgomery’s motorcycle is in the Louwman Museum in Den Hague, along with
Read moreThe world’s oldest?
My name is Tim Millard and I am the current MD of Millard & Co Ltd, in Guernsey. I wondered if you would be interested to find out about a recent Facebook campaign we started,
Read moreComet burial and rebirth
The Vincent Comet in the February 2020 issue prompted me to put pen to paper. In 1968, at the age of 17, I had the good fortune to buy a running Vincent Comet from my
Read moreRaleigh information request
For a number of years I have been researching in the Nottingham Archives for information on Raleigh motorcycles and cars, with a view to writing a book on the subject. As is usual with research,
Read moreThe wrong man
I’ve just opened the January 2020 edition and went straight to the feature about the 1960 GP season. I’m pretty sure that the picture on page 60 is John Surtees and Alan Shepherd on an
Read moreFind my wedding day Beesa
I’m hoping for readers’ help. In 1960, I bought a BSA A7 Shooting Star and later that year my fiancée and I were married, on July 23, 1960, in Chester. Following the wedding reception, we
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