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Gallery => Pictures => Topic started by: duck-strom on April 13, 2024, 12:36:07

Title: How things have changed!
Post by: duck-strom on April 13, 2024, 12:36:07: Going through some old photos, which my mum was about to bin, I discovered this one. The bloke in the photo is my great uncle, but I have no idea what the bike is, probably taken in the early sixties. Just look at his gear though !!
Title: Re: How things have changed!
Post by: Brockett on April 13, 2024, 13:29:43: more like early fifties. But it's one to keep in the family history box.
Title: Re: How things have changed!
Post by: Froglodyte on April 13, 2024, 13:48:50: My Dad - 1926, Blackpool photo booth. He would have been about 15 at the time. Rode bikes all his life, riding to work in all weathers until he retired.
Title: Re: How things have changed!
Post by: purplebikeunicorn on April 13, 2024, 16:47:19: Quote from: duck-strom on April 13, 2024, 12:36:07
Going through some old photos, which my mum was about to bin, I discovered this one. The bloke in the photo is my great uncle, but I have no idea what the bike is, probably taken in the early sixties. Just look at his gear though !!

Its amazing looking at old pictures you still had a range of people wearing nothing through to full gear of the time!

My dad still uses his gloves from the 70s... and still has his helmet too.
Title: Re: How things have changed!
Post by: Rookie on April 13, 2024, 19:29:36: I love the stand attached to the front wheel in froglodyts picture of his dad . :auto-dirtbike:
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Post by: MartinW on April 13, 2024, 21:24:14: Scary safety standards back in those days, but at least he is wearing something.
Title: Re: How things have changed!
Post by: purplebikeunicorn on April 14, 2024, 01:42:29: This has probably done the rounds on here, but suits this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atDFqxHLctE
Title: Re: How things have changed!
Post by: Malfos on April 14, 2024, 13:21:05: A front stand was very useful when you wanted to remove your front wheel.
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Post by: Robotstar5 on April 14, 2024, 23:50:05: I have my dad to thank for my love of bikes (and Land Rovers) a couple of pics of his Ariel (don't know which model), loving the highly polished sidecar.
Title: Re: How things have changed!
Post by: Ianmc on April 15, 2024, 08:46:38: Blimey,this picture brings back a few memories,my first car registration number was similar,HOV92.A Ford Anglia approx.1949 built and it cost me £17-10-0.from my employer,it used to be his son- in-law’s car.