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,
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Category: Letters
The 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
Read moreIt’s Jim and maybe Cecil
Rereading the story about Jackie White (February 2020 issue) and the request for names of other riders in the picture – well, number 52 is definitely Jim Squib, who came from the New Forest area.
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Following on from my email, published on p16 of the April 2018 edition, I thought I’d share my latest endeavour. To recap: readers may remember my heap of Triumph parts, just like Tim Britton’s ongoing
Read moreTyrell appreciated
I would like to extend my compliments to Adam Rear on the Tyrell Smith article in the November 2019 issue of TCM. As a fellow Dubliner greatly interested in the subject of Tyrell, I felt
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