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Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Creg ny Baa - 1950 Junior TT

Creg ny Baa - 1950 Junior TT
Shirt-sleeve order for hundreds of spactators as they view the 1950 Junior. Many of the them had probaby arrived on the one-day excursions set up by the motorcycle magazines

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: An Italian v-twin masterpiece

An Italian v-twin masterpiece
A desgin that Mandello raced with success from the 30s to the 50s - the Moto Guzzi 500cc race motor as raced by Stanley Woods, Bob Foster and Omobono Tenni

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A TT Centenarian

A TT Centenarian
Jock McCredie (Excelsior) Riding the last prewar TT 1939; he rode basically the same Excelsior through to his last TT; the 1953 Lightweight. Seen here at Cronk ny Mona in 1952

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1950 Lightweight Clubman TT

1950 Lightweight Clubman TT
Yes, the tank does say Panther! Not known for their sporting models since the 1920s Dunstable & DMCs Geoff Wakefield chose to race this Model 65

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1952 weigh-in capers

1952 weigh-in capers
Dane Sven Sorensen ride his unicycle - with optional and disconnevted front end - through the weigh-in area. Many tried - and failed - to ride the thing

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Mondial on high

Mondial on high
What would that little cargo be worth these days? Three of the all-conquering 125 Mondial racers are swung ashore from the Lady of Mann

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1950 Junior Clubman - the choas of cold starting

1950 Junior Clubman - the choas of cold starting
In 1950 the Clubman regulations did not allow engines to be warmed up before the start. If the bike did not start within three kicks, they were ushered to the side to try and start

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Harold Daniell - pre and post-war star

Harold Daniell - pre and post-war star
Harold Daniell heels the newly introduced Rex McCandless-framed Manx Norton into Ballaugh Bridge. It ws Harold who, after testing the new frame against the older plunger version

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1950 Manx Cup

1950 Manx Cup
Norman Culpan was a renowned motor racer, finishing third in the 1949 Le Mans 24 hour race in his Frazer Nash. In 1928 he finished 28th in the Senior Manx Grand Prix on a Rudge; 20 years later

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1952 Junior Clubman TT

1952 Junior Clubman TT
The all-action style as Scot Bob McIntyre (350 BSA) hurtles into the Bray Hill dip. Bob finished second with a record lap

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Early Morning Practice

Early Morning Practice
It really was this dark for early morning practiceQ No. 19 is Frank Cope with his lightweight short-stroke AJS. Frank was still racing in his 80s

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 14th International Empire Trophy Race

14th International Empire Trophy Race
Still committed as a works Norton rider, Geoff Duke had several drives for Aston Martin in 1952, including the British Empire Trophy race. Seen here at Parkfield Corner on the Willaston course

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Travelling marshal needed - bring own bike

Travelling marshal needed - bring own bike
Before Triumph offered to supply the TMs with machines, those asked to undertake the task had to provide their own machines. Dennis Morgan ride this plunger A10, it maybe that BSA provided the machine

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1954 Junior Norton team

1954 Junior Norton team
The Norton team for the 54 Junior; Jack Brett (23) featured just pannier tanks. Ray Amm (32) rode the fully-faired proboscis and Bob Keeler (85) rode an unfaired model

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1954 Sidecar TT

1954 Sidecar TT
Jacques Drion and Inge Stoll Laforge wait for the start. TheFrench/German combination fiished seventh in the Sidecar World Chamoionship that year

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Proboscis

The Proboscis
Southern Rhodesian Ray Amm forces on through Cronk ny Mona on the distinctly-faired works Norton in the 1954 Junior. He won the Senior that year but retired in the Junior

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1951 Junior Clubman TT

1951 Junior Clubman TT
Having broken his 90+ Douglas on the run down the mountain, a helmetless Charles Robinson freewheels through Governors Bridge

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Peveril Aces Display Team

The Peveril Aces Display Team
Pre-dating the Purple Helmets by many years, the Peveril Aces, members of the Peveril Motorcycle and Light Car Club gave riding displays at fetes and gymkhanas throughout the Island

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Who put that building there?

Who put that building there?
Ray Amms Proboscis Norton lies crumpled against a barrack wall at Aintree in 1954. Ray escaped unhurst

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A meeting of two minds

A meeting of two minds
With his trade-mark Tyrolian hat, Allan Jefferies chats with Bill Lomas; the MV team were testing the bikes at the Creg. Both Bill

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Ferguss tear-away ride

Ferguss tear-away ride
With the tail fairing of his Guzzi starting to tear away, Fergus Anderson still has 37 miles to go before pitting. A mechanic quickly tore away the section to allow Fergus to finish fourth behind

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Sartorial speedster

Sartorial speedster
John Mockett (Norton) 1954 Clubman Junior

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Development Davis

Development Davis
Ted Davis spent his working days as test rider and development engineer at Vincents. With a 500cc limit on the Sidecar TT, he rode this G45 Matchless and Canterbury sidecar in the 1954 Sidecar TT

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Where did the power go?

Where did the power go?
Heading for Bray Hill, Howard German checks to see if the petrol tap had turned itself off. A new, reinforced petrol pipe had delaminated, blocking the main jet

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Just Testing'

Just Testing"
Vic Willoughby, technical editor for Motorcycling tries Ken Swallows leading-link forked G45 Matchless along the Mountain Mile

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Alan Dudley Ward - Ecurie Skint

Alan Dudley Ward - Ecurie Skint
There appears to be some sucking of teeth as Alan Dudley Ward pilots his DW special around Thruxton in 1953. A well-respected tuner of Triumph

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Right bike - wrong bike

Right bike - wrong bike
Albert Moule repares for another practice lap. One year, after refuelling himself in the Cadburys tent, he set off down Bray Hill again, to realise that he was astride someone elses Norton!

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A rapid Velo

A rapid Velo
Cecil Sandford racing Arthur Taylors MOV Velocette at Oulton Parks first meeting in 1953. Cecil was already 125cc world champion, but loved ridig the little bike

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Walter Schneider - world champion

Walter Schneider - world champion
That front wheel fairing must add a lot to the unsprung weight! Walter Schneider and Hans Strauss prepare for practice on their BMW outfit

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1955 Silverstone

1955 Silverstone
Eric Oliver may have designed the first British streamlined racing sidecar, but his technical advantage must have been compromised by his passengers leathers billowing open

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Multi-talented Mr Dow

The Multi-talented Mr Dow
Eddie Dow takes Parkfield on his way to winning the 1955 Senior Clubmans TT. His helmet bears the insignia of the British Army trials team

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Tarquinios practice mount

Tarquinios practice mount
Tarquinio Provini practising for his first TT, the 1955 Ultra Lightweight TT. Quite why he is riding a road machine is unclear. Provini went on to win four TTs and two world championships

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Bob McIntyre - 1955 Junior

Bob McIntyre - 1955 Junior
Leading the 1955 Junior TT on his privateer Norton for the first four laps, Bob McIntyre finally finished second to Bill Lomas on the works Guzzi

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The first Southern 100 winner

The first Southern 100 winner
Barely a mile from his Castletown home, Derek Ennett (AJS) won the first ever race at the Southern 100 in 1955. The 4, 25-mile Bolown circuit has remained exactly the same to this day

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Glencrutchery Road Nightingale

The Glencrutchery Road Nightingale
Graham Walker giving his TT race report for the BBC from the Grandstand. A TT winner, team manager, he was the first of the great commentators. But not everyone liked it, as shown in this telegram

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Wooler

The Wooler
WWII Bomber Command hangers were still in place at Silverstone in 1954. Arnold Jones races a 500cc Wooler, a transverse flat-four, built in Middlesex. Silverstone was first used for racing in 1949

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1954 Silverstone Vintage Race

1954 Silverstone Vintage Race
Before the Vintage Motor Cycle Club started race meetings, the British Motorcycle Racing Club (BEMSEE) ran a Vintage race at their Silverstone Saturday meeting from 1950

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A true Lightweight

A true Lightweight
In 1954 the Spanish Montesa team rode these 125cc Sprint models in their first TT. We are not sure who the beefy lifter is: Murray Walker is behind his left elbow, next to him is Cyril Quantrill

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Ken Kavanagh 350 Guzzi

Ken Kavanagh 350 Guzzi
The championship-winning Moto Guzzi did not waste weight on paint; the fairings were left unpainted for the 1954 season. The cylinder just below Ken Kavanaghs knee is the mail petro tank

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Sales Director - Road Tester

Sales Director - Road Tester
Veloce director Bertie Goodman believed in testing the firms products. In early 1954, he brought the development spring-frame Velo, fitted wih a racing engine

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Clypse Course 1954 - 1959

The Clypse Course 1954 - 1959

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: From airport scratcher to TT victor

From airport scratcher to TT victor
Ray Amm slides through Quarter Bridge winning the 1954 Senior TT. When he first came to the Island in 1951 no available before the TT, so he rode in races on the Andreas Airfield on an AJS (inset)

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Sidecar Legends - Willhelm Noll

Sidecar Legends - Willhelm Noll
The 1954 and 1956 World Championship-winning pair of Willhelm Noll and (hidden) passenger Fritz Cron at Cronk ny Mona on the Clypse Course

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1950 Hillberry hillclimb

1950 Hillberry hillclimb
In the early 1950s, the Peveril Motorcycle and Light Car Club held hillclimbs. This one started from Hillberry, and finished at the Creg. A selection of two and four-wheel competitors await their turn

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Geoff Duke

Geoff Duke
A selection of Geoff Duke shots

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Ted Frend - AJS Porcupine

Ted Frend - AJS Porcupine
Ted Frend, team-mate of Les Graham, takes his AJS through Braddan Bridge in the 1950 Senior TT, Originally designed by Joe Craig with supercharger

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A reliable Plumstead power plant

A reliable Plumstead power plant
Bob McIntyre;s 7R edured both the Junior and Senior MGPs in 1952. After winning the Junior, he rode the same machine to second in the Senior. 12 laps at full chat

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Manx Legend; Bob McIntyre

Manx Legend; Bob McIntyre
After winning the 1952 Junir Manx, Bob McIntyre took the same AJS 7R to the runner-up spot in the Senior Manx that year

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Bob Macs first TT

Bob Macs first TT
The flag has dropped and Bob McIntyre (76) W R Smith (77) and Gerald Brown (78) kick their Gold Stars into life in the l952 Junior Clubman race

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Roland Pike - Godfather of the Goldie

Roland Pike - Godfather of the Goldie
After developing and rding the Pike Rudge both pre ad post war, Roland Pike joined BSA in 1952 and was given the task of developing the Gold Star. This is a 1952 Lightweight shot; he finished 13th

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A sneak preview

A sneak preview
A curious enthusiast takes a peek under the cover of a recently-landed Mondial 125, In 1951 they took the first four places

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Doran and his Bend

Doran and his Bend
In 1952 AJS rider Bill Doran was out practising on his 3-valve 7R3. Around the Ballacraine area, the lower engine bolt (arrowed) came adrift as he rounded the left-hander after Ballig Bridge

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Bob Geesons REG

Bob Geesons REG
Foremost in British racing specisls post-war was the REG. Designed, built and originally raced by Bob Geeson, it won many short-circuit races in the 1950s and 1960s, ridden by John Surtees

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Fitting the hard candles

Fitting the hard candles
Triple world champion Werner Hs keeps warms as the mechanic fits the race plugs to his NSU. Enrico Lorenzetti (Guzzi) looks on. A 1953 Berne shot

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A pair of slidecar masters

A pair of slidecar masters
Eric Oiver (protecting his goggles) and Cyril Smith discuss tactics at Berne 1953. Probably working out ways to keep the pesky MWs behind

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Waterworks

Waterworks
A birds-eye view of the Waterworks section. The reservoir, which ffeds Ramsey is below the camera plane

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Dennis Parkinson (Lambretta)

Dennis Parkinson (Lambretta)
I would love to know who persuaded multi-MGP winner Dennis Parkinson to turn out in 1953 on this Lambretta. Possibly the most under powered machine he ever raced. Dennis was still giving it some

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Plug-chop time at Ballaugh

Plug-chop time at Ballaugh
Norton supremo Joe Craig reards the plug on Ray Amms kneeler Norton he tried for practice for the 1953 Junior TT. I wonder if the lad in the foreground got Rays autograph

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Italian co-operation

Italian co-operation
When Moto Guzzi developed a 317cc version of their all-conquering 250 single, they did not have an entry for the TT. MV allowed Fergus Anderson to take over an MV entry

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Legpower

Legpower
Local Butcher Bob Mawson gets a leather-clad workout to get his fuel-less International Norton to a finish in the 1953 Senior Clubman. Bob was awarded the Burmah Star for his WWII exploits

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Pankhurst Special

The Pankhurst Special
We can find no information about the Pankhurst Special, ridden in 1951 and 1952 by Robert Holton. This spindly machine uses an Albion gearbox and, we assme by the huge cover

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: John Surtees - the early years

John Surtees - the early years
World two and four-wheeled champion John Surtees cut his racing teeth with this Vincent Gray Flash, seen here at a very damp Thruxton in 1952

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Magni the Magnificent Mechanic

Magni the Magnificent Mechanic
Arturo Magni fettles a 1952 500 MV, as ridden by Les Graham and Bill Lomas. In Magnis 25-year reign as chief MV race mecahanic, the Italian factory won 37 world championships with Sandford, Ubbialli

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A solo Barrow rider

A solo Barrow rider
Barrow in Furness rider/dealer Bill Maddrick rode this Guzzi in the 1952 Lightweight TT

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Motorcycle racing is FUN

Motorcycle racing is FUN
Llewellyn Ranson is really enjoying the ride at the Bungalow, to judge by his smile. At 95, he still remembers with affection his racing days he shared with his brtoher Humphrey

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: The Halec Morgan

The Halec Morgan
Cyril Hale powers the Halec Morgan round Oulton Park in theunaugural motorcycle meeting at this poular Cheshire race circuit

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Stirling Moss

Stirling Moss
Striling Moss drove the Islands race race course in his early days. Seen here at theManx Arms in a C-type Jaguar in 1953

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Ballig Bridge

Ballig Bridge
No location information on this pic, which is from the 1953 Lightweight TT. Fron Purslow (Velocette) leads Ernie Barrett (Phoenix JAP)

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Triumph Travelling Marshal

Triumph Travelling Marshal
The first Triumph used for TM duty was thie 650 Thunderbird used by Peter Crebbin in 1950. It was ridden sans silencers, so the marshals could hear it approaching

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1950 Junior start

1950 Junior start
New Zealander Syd Jensen pushes off to start. In those days riders were not graded; Geoff Duke, the winner started at No. 79. No

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Peveril Club trials

Peveril Club trials
Believed to be Langhaghan Lane (just down from the Creg ny Baa), how trials have changed in the past 60+ years

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Manx Legend; Dennis Parkinson

Manx Legend; Dennis Parkinson
Wakefields Dennis Parkinson rode the Manx from 1932-1953. His five wins ranged from1936 to 1953. He took a hat-trick of Lightweight MGP wins 1936-38

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1950 Velocette KSS

1950 Velocette KSS
The three legs badge on the tank of his KSS Velocette did not bring C Arnold any luck - he retired from the 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Andreas Racing - at Andreas

Andreas Racing - at Andreas
In the early 1950s race meetings were held on the Andreas Airfield, an ex-R.A.F. training airfield and run by the Peveril Club

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: A twin, then a four - for a third

A twin, then a four - for a third
Australian Bob Brown started practice for the 1957 Senior TT on a G45 Matchless. He was then drafted into the Gilera squad, finishing a fine third to team-leader Bob McIntyre and John Surtees (MV)

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Creg ny Baa spectators in 1957

Creg ny Baa spectators in 1957
Thousands of day-trippers arrived on Senior TT day, 1957, to watch Bob McIntyre set the first ton lap of the Mountain coure. Many of them made their way to the Creg

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1951 Goodwood

1951 Goodwood
The only motorcycle race meeting held at Goodwood was Goodwood Saturday, held in 1951. Better known as a trials rider, Olga Kevelos rode this InterNorton in the 350cc Clubman race

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Matchless

Matchless
The Matchless twin never sparkled in the Clubman TT, but was the chosen mount for Bill Dobbs, seen here at Cronk ny Mona in the 1951 Senior Clubman TT

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Lambretta Racers

Lambretta Racers
Lambretta are due to make their modern-day debut in the 125cc class of the Moto GP. The machines will surely bear no resemblence to this 1951 lineup

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Bulto - Montesa to Bultaco

Bulto - Montesa to Bultaco
Juan Soler Bulto at Braddan Bridge in the 1951 Ultra Lightweight TT. A nephew of Francisco Bulto, director of Montesa who later went on to found Bultaco

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Not a bad weeks work

Not a bad weeks work
Geoff Duke with the spoils of victory from the 1951 TT. The Mercurys are the Senior and Junior trophies, the bronze figure is the Jimmy Simpson trophy for the fastest lap

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: 1950s Windy Corner Scramble

1950s Windy Corner Scramble
In the early 1950s the Peveril Club ran a TT wek Scramble on land adjacent to Windy Corner. A social history study of race-fan apparel from the good old days

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: Racing on Andreas Airfield

Racing on Andreas Airfield
Jack Wood passes the control tower at the Andreas Airfield in the early 1950s. Most of the entry were on road or trials/scrambes machines

Background imageExhibition Images Collection: EX 1950 Vincent Crosby

EX 1950 Vincent Crosby
Exhibition Images, EX 1950 Vincent Crosby



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