great photos lyn
see where your son get his love of bikes from
josie
bringing to the top for dave..dave i have reposted just a few of some of the photos out of erics album they start on post 96
all the best
lyn
I didn't see my dad in those pix, but they are still good to look at. My dad was Joe Astley...a whiz with engines of any kind. Eric took us to Silverstone. he was riding a 50cc bike at the time, I think it was a Ducati and I got to ride it around the pit area. It really is amazing the connection that many of us have on this forum, Eric being your father in law, and my dad working for him.
Dave A
hi dave at least you have some pics of the shop now...i agree its amazing how this forum has connected lots of members
there are many more photos but they are now in the keeping of my bro in law..if you would like i could ask for them back and i could post a few more...maybe your dad is on one or two of them
lyn
Oh this brings back so many 1960’s memories, of having to get up really early to eat breakfast and then off to find a good spot to wait for the races to start or walking around the paddock before and after racing, the sounds of the engines, I can smell the Castrol R now. Riding up into the mountains with the mist swirling as though we were the only people up there, Knickerbocker glories on the beach, fish and chips ooooh I could go on.
Good times, but I remember as a pillion on my boyfriend’s bike riding that ramp to get onto the ferry was the absolute worst for me. The one year it was raining, high tide, the sea was really rough and the wooden plank all wet and slippery and hubby (well he is now) just went full throttle up it, I swear I thought we were going to fall into the sea between the ferry and the wharf and that would be the end of us with all the paraphernalia we had on. It wouldn’t be allowed now H & S etc, well I hope it wouldn’t!
If you would be so kind...
Dave A