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Dawson's Motorcycles who used to be on Shakespeare Street bought ex MOD M20s by the score from the Ruddington Depot's Auctions. They would spray them green, register them and sell them nationwide.
Your bike has a 1961 Nottingham registration and would be one of hundreds that Dawsons sold. Your bike could have been 10 or 20 years old when registered, but they are super reliable, spares are easy to get, and it's rumoured they will run on parafin. Please don't try it.
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I was on two of the photos, and recognised many of my old mates on others. I really enjoyed the show, pleased that the truth came out about the media lies regarding the Mods and Rockers.
We came back from Skeg one time in '65 to find we were front page headlines in that Mondays N E Post.
It was about an incident on the Saturday night, There were no arrests and there was no violence, we all thought it was a bit of fun and so did the assembled holidaymakers, who cheered us as we rode by. According to the NEP 'Tension was at it's highest as the Aces motorcycle gang charged the police lines' Pure B/S.
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There is nothing wrong grammatically with saying 'he was in my road'. Your teacher was ignorant.
Oxford.English.Dictionary. in one's road- informal- in someone's way.
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Up here a bothie is a small stone building used as a temporary shelter for walkers or shepherds etc.
During the herring boom, seasonal workers used to sleep in booths.
In the old Norse they were called bods.
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Ashley, after I bought the VW off you I got a job at Milton Keynes, which was being built at the time. The camper was useful as I didn't have to fork out for digs. You're right about the 6 volt lights, after work I used to drive around the village pubs of Bedfordshire with a few other workers who were in caravans. In one village there was a house that stuck out a bit on a left hander. I lost the nearside mirror on that bend.
Fortunately the breatherlizer was not used so much in the early 70's, and I managed to keep my license during the months I was there. Nowadays I do not drink any alcohol at all if driving. IIRC the brakes were not much cop on that VW either. But experienced bikers make very good car drivers.
BTW you mentioned ending up on the other side of Saturn when returning from the Hawkwind gig. That would have been the 'In Search of Space' tour then. !sickly!
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The Roebuck occupies the building that was once a wholesale warehouse dealing in floor coverings.
Between The Imperial and the News House was J Hardy and Co. Ltd, wholesale furnishers. There were (are) caves under J.Hardys which were used as stockrooms for rolls of lino etc. Until the late 50's or early 60's the caves used to connect to the Salutation.
The caves under the Newshouse were used as the beer cellar, and I would imagine there might still be caves under The Roebuck.
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Sorry to disagree with you Mike, but every city and small town is not the same.
On Monday night we were in Skeggy, on Tuesday night we were in Aberdeen, and on Wednesday night we were in Lerwick. None of these places will have the rioting that occurred in the English cities last week.
The reason? The elephant in the room.
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Ashley I too remember The Leather Boys at the ABC (Carlton), IIRC it was more about shirt lifters than bikes. The one about bikers riding off bridges etc and coming back as the undead was pretty poor.
Like most early biker movies it showed bikers as ill-educated delinquents, this was far from the truth, many of the original Aces for example, were from West Bridgford Grammer School, with a few from Nottingham High School. We were educated delinquents.
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The first JetSki I ever saw was in 1963. It was in Macton Motors on Arkwright Street and was manufactured by Brierley Smith Ltd in the Meadows.
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They changed their name ten years after they started.
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Ashley, the film that included shots of Ilkeston Road was 'Once Upon A Time In The Midlands'
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Wasn't there a filling station behind Hooleys Motorycles.
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In the late 60's I went there with a friend who was a member. all I can remember is that it was on the first floor of a shop or cafe between the Bell and the Odeon. It was basically a library.
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I also knew Mick Anson (Cranson), as well as being in the same motorcycle club, we both went to Sensei Asano's classes at Carlton Forum. We would leave together, him on his Black Shadow and myself on my Norton framed Ariel Square Four.
He told me about his brother writing Temma Harbour, he also mentioned that his brother was advised to open a Swiss bank account because of money it was bringing in. Re his band, I also knew Sutch, he was a regular at the White Hart,but I cannot remember him ever being in Cranson's band. BTW Cranson had two Vincents at the same time.
He was a vegetarian way before it became popular. We went to a veggie restaurant in Leicester in the 60's, I wasn't impressed. It would be another twenty years before I gave up meat.
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Yeah, that rings a bell. You walked straight through the chippy and down the stairs IIRC.I think there was a curtain at the top of the stairs.
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Remember walking on the roof of Cottam power station with you Ashley, it was bouncing too much for comfort, not sure all of it was meant to be walked on. Nice view though. I remember we walked through the turbine house without ear defenders. Elf n safety?!?!!
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Dunno if the same guy, but my guy was a bit of a wide boy.
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That's the one, King of the Rocket Men, even at the age of 5 it was so bad we all laughed at it. Hopalong Cassidy was a regular, but anything with Jesse James in the title was seriously good.
I used to go to the Tudor on Central Avenue, West bridgford, 3d to get in and 1d bus fare each way.
I feel really sorry for the kids of today, they will never know the freedom we all enjoyed.
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In 1965 I worked on the Pearson's extension that took the store through to Upper Parliament Street. This was when the big window was installed. I remember hand screwing 8" galvanised pipe for the dry risers, it took about 30 minutes to put a thread on.I also remember going into the shop from the extension,clambering through a hole in the wall into a maze of little departments and staircases.
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In the early 70's it was run by Councillor Bob Churchill and his wife. Downstairs was a restaurant where you could buy a basket of chips and drink until 3 or 4am, sometimes you didn't bother buying the chips, or had one basket between a table. Did anyone else go there, or even know about this late night watering hole?
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If not Flash Gordon it could have been Rocket Man.
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Ashley, the quality of pub beer has improved tremendously since we used to drink together in the 60's and 70's That is, so long as you go to an independent pub.
Do you remember the Ship at Skeggy? We used to drink bottles of Luncheon Ale there because the bank holiday Shippo's draught was so vile.
The Trip became my pub of choice in the 70's, and that's where I learnt to appreciate real ale. Sadly the Trip has gone downhill since GK bought it.
Now, when in Nottingham, we go to The Roebuck, The Horse and Groom at Basford, and The King Billy at Sneinton. The Harvest Pale is always good at the latter.
We go to Aberdeen more often than Notts, and there are many good real ale pubs there, and there are numerous small independent Scottish Breweries. Some of best are run by English immigrants.
I agree with you Firbeck, big business is there to maximise profit come what may. They want our money, and like you I try not to give it them.
I like to support small businesses, local if possible,If we all did this, then the spivs and parasites of big business would have to think of another way of grabbing our cash. Best of all, is not to buy unneeded goods. I have only one pair of boots, they were made in Northampton, and have lasted me nearly four years so far. When they let in water, I will buy another pair. This works out far less expensive than buying several pairs of crap third world imports over the same period.
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In the early 60's there was one on South Sherwood Street opposite the Evening Post building, forgot the name.
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Not a good idea to take the baffles out of the 3T's silencers Ashley. Wasn't the back pressure caused by the baffles neccessary for optimum performance?
Babs on the telly
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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It was August '64 when the police came to evict us from the field. I had spent the previous night in a B&B, but couldn't afford two nights. There was a photo of me wearing a studded hat and smiling, with the police in the background. It sure was uncomfortable the next night sleeping on a gravel car park.
I remember one Easter it was very cold and we couldn't sleep, so we rode into Skeg at about 5.00am and had drag races from the small funfare to the clock tower and back.
Another time, 5 or 6 of us were walking by the pier, and a group of mods were kicking a floored rocker. the mods saw us and did what they always did when not outnumbering us 2 or 3 to 1, they ran off. All except one, who had not seen us and carried on kicking the rocker.
A certain Mr Barry Price, walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. the mod swung round and found himself staring at Barry's belly. Baz tutt-tutted him, said 'don't do that' and gestured the mod to go away. You should have seen the mod's expression. one minute he was terrified, the next he was so relieved that he wasn't going to die after all.
All in all, the mods and rockers era was great fun.