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A Piece Of Motorcycle History
It may seem strange, but this little hamlet of less than 200 people was the birthplace of a motorcycling legend, famed worldwide. The now empty Collington Works, Collington, Bromyard HR7 4NB was the home of Slater ...Read more
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A Summer Evening
It was 2nd June 1961. A magical summer evening. I was on holiday and had my bike. I rode to Langstone Harbour station and waited for the train. The little Stroudley loco came to a halt on it's way from Havant to Hayling, only one ...Read more
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A Very Early Memory Of Mine.
This would be around the first time I visited Stonehenge - I have a clear memory of sitting on the stone in the foreground. My father was a sergeant major (REME) at the local army base, Aldershot?, in the early to mid ...Read more
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A Very Happy Childhood At Westbury
My name is Andy Pike, getting on a bit now but lovely to read other folks memories of Westbury. Here are a few reminiscences of my childhood in Westbury on Trym in the 50's and 60's. Maybe this will ring a few ...Read more
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A Visit To London In 1953
At this time I was a resident at a K.C.C. children's home at Hadlow near Tonbridge Kent. During the summer holidays a friend - Paul Thornton - and I though it would be a good idea to visit London, with very little resources ...Read more
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Aberdare
There used to red squirrels in the park. Stan, my husband, went to a children's home nearby, he went boating and they used to have motor bike racing there in August. He is now 68.
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Abergarw Estate Or The Hostels
My name is David Strutt and I moved with my parents to 5 Heol yr Ynys when I was only 6 months old, in 1941, having been bombed out in London. I have often wondered what happened to folk that lived there. We seemed to ...Read more
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Aiden's Bike.
I remember this picture well, back in 1955, i was a nipper, and my good friend Aiden, he was a bit of a petrol head, he loved bikes more then anything in the world, that bike in the picture was his one, he was my best friend ...Read more
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All My Yesterdays.
The road branching to the left is Lampits Hill Avenue. The telephone box there used to be used by the local Bobbies in order to check in with their sergeant back at the station. I had a classmate called Russell who's dad was a ...Read more
A memory of Corringham by
All My Yesterdays.
The footpath on the left of the picture used to be narrow with a hedgerow and trees running all the way along to the first lamp post on the left. There was a gap in the hedge on the left where a track used to lead to some farm ...Read more
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Captions
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A man on a bike appears to be wolf-whistling two young ladies (centre left).
It is chiefly known for its 15th-century church belfry, constructed in timber in three stages.The shop is still the hub of the village, but the man on his bike and the lack of traffic speak of a
This view makes a rather sharp contrast with the previous photograph; only the old man on his bike, walking stick on the front handlebars, gives this scene any rural charm.This is modern Corringham
There are two motor bikes with side cars in the picture, which would not have been unusual at this time.
There are two motor bikes with side cars in the picture, which would not have been unusual at this time.
His two neighbours nearer the camera were Caleb the greengrocer's (with the delivery bike outside) and an electricity shop.
His two neighbours nearer the camera were Caleb the greengrocer's (with the delivery bike outside) and an electricity shop.
Bicycles propped up against the curbs predate modern bike racks.
The men with the bike in front of it are wearing boaters.
Meanwhile the collection of cars, bikes, pedestrians and perambulators and even a traffic light bear witness to the changing times.
In the foreground, the pseudo-Tudor Bull's Head has Briggs' bike shop, newsagent and general store as its neighbour.
Motor bikes were a common feature of the Parade, and the number of cars was growing.
A parked motor bike and sidecar is the only traffic.
Today (in 1999), the site is occupied by The Bike Shed; the garage has moved to the edge of town as a Renault agent.
Notice the motor bike on the slipway: from the shape of the fuel tank, it could be a BSA Bantam.
The two motor bikes look as though they belong to campers; perhaps they are calling for liquid refreshment in those pre-breathalyser days.
Bikes seem just as popular in this view, which looks east towards the Suspension Bridge.
Can you see the two motor bikes and sidecars in our photograph?
Meanwhile the collection of cars, bikes, pedestrians and perambulators and even a traffic light bear witness to the changing times.
The girls certainly would not wheel their bikes in the middle of the road in the 21st century.
The street lighting has been upgraded, though the gradient of the road still forced the cyclist to dismount to push his bike.
The roadside house (Newby Bridge House), the big tree and the cottages are virtually unchanged since 1940, but the motor bike and sidecar (centre) are very much of the 1930s.
Can you see the two motor bikes and sidecars in our photograph?
Note the errand boy's bike propped up against the gas light.
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