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Happy Daze

Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 11:43 am

The oldest rocker in town!

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Posted by Will <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Will' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 12:02 pm, in reply to "Happy Daze"

Jerry,
A historical question about those Happy Daze:
Which was considered more desirable, a bird who willingly rode pillion or one with her own bike?

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Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 2:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Happy Daze"

Pillion every time. I can't ever remember a girl riding a bike in the early sixties ton up boy days.

The oldest rocker in town!

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Posted by Hants Ian <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Hants+Ian' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 2:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Happy Daze"

I did and you know her Jerry

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Beryl Swain ??

The oldest rocker in town!

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I was only talking to her last week.

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Gissa clue Ian got me on tender hooks.

The oldest rocker in town!

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Ann Barton.Tall long blond hair.Her brother John used to race a Goldie and a Yammie a lot at Brands. Ann now lives on the Isle of Man

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Is she now married to Rupert Murdon???

The oldest rocker in town!

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Yes. She did ask how you were.She no longer rides since she had a hip replacemen̈t.

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Lovely lady. Met her and Rupert when I raced with the CRMC in the 80's. Rupert ran the Brands section and I raced with Rupert and her son John. Happy Daze.

The oldest rocker in town!

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Her son John has packed up racing,but is heavily involved with the TT commitee.

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 12:54 pm, in reply to "Happy Daze"

Some nice equipment those kids have!

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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Posted by G3lcs <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=G3lcs' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 12:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Happy Daze"

……….must have had loads of money, more than I ever had when young.

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I suppose it's like anything else; some of them had loads of money, others just very single mindedly saved up their wages and bought the best they could.

If someone had taken a picture of me and my mates riding when we were 17, it would have been open face helmets with flat face shields, denim jackets, jeans, work boots, no gloves, and new 250 or 350 Hondas and Yamahas which cost $700 at a time when we were paid $2/hour, so 350 hours work to buy a bike, or 2-3 months.

They WERE Happy Daze.

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 1:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Happy Daze"

Sad ain't it 1948 350 AJS bought with the bank of mum clothing brothers left overs passed my test on it and rode many miles to the IOM four times from West London converted it to swing arm suspension and sold then sold on ..pic at Blackbush Airport.
Happy Days

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

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When I was an apprentice printer when I was 16 and earning £2 a week - the turning points were when one was 21 and then when HP restrictions were eased.

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 19, 2024, 9:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Happy Daze"

I had virtually no money so had a 25 pound Honda 50.It was impossible to get a big bike so i went into cars then bikes, then cars etc. Of course, when i did buy a T120r, i had a rather large crash so no bike and an auto car. Then, when the insurance paid out, a brand new car, a 4 bedroom house and any bike i wanted a bit later on so i bought another T120r which i ride now. I was lucky not having to borrow to buy a house back then but i have a lot of pain right now due to that accident in 1979

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