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Thread: bushys stickers
Post: RE: bushys stickers
| It might be worth dropping an email to Martin the owner of Bushy's, he is a really nice guy and might have some left overs from previous years in his archives, bushys@manx.net |
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Miscellaneous Wanted
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17-06-2020, 12:11 PM |
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Thread: Well Done Manx Radio
Post: RE: Well Done Manx Radio
| It really was great, and I think the more positive feedback they get the better, both here and particularly on their own fb page for those of you who do fb, this will hopefully convince them to do som... |
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TT Related Posts (Only)
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14-06-2020, 11:56 PM |
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Thread: Mountain memories
Post: RE: Mountain memories
| Yes it kept me entertained whilst pottering around at home over the weekend, and if I needed to nip out in the car I stuck the radio on 1368 so I didn't miss anything. |
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General Discussion
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08-06-2020, 08:36 PM |
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Thread: Best TT Memories.
Post: RE: Best TT Memories.
| (05-06-2020, 10:11 PM)laverda77 Wrote: Thanks for the info re Okells,im on Scotlands east coast,so too far,but due to visit Chester soon, and will check that pub out...Hailstones,yes it happens,i wa... |
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General Discussion
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06-06-2020, 01:49 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| (04-06-2020, 09:20 PM)koala27 Wrote: Thanks for the replies - interesting discussion. I've gone back on my negatives and I've found the strip of film where that picture comes from.
The strip has 4 ... |
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ALL Photographs and Video Shots etc...
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04-06-2020, 11:21 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| I had a thought that it might actually be Brands Hatch? The concrete steps with metal hand rail, the fence, the building, and as you say Alfie the slope, nothing there seems familiar to the TT paddock... |
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04-06-2020, 07:24 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| (04-06-2020, 12:15 PM)koala27 Wrote: [Image: https://i.ibb.co/TrzQNM2/1984-Isle-of-Ma...Dunlop.jpg]
I'm struggling to place this one, i cant think where we have or have ever had those types of fence... |
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04-06-2020, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Council funding package in excess of £60,000 has rescued 2021 North West 200
Post: RE: Council funding package in excess of £60,000 h...
| Fantastic news from a pro-active council who know that they will get this investment back many times over with interest, the event generates huge local benefits.
Let's hope something similar can now ... |
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Other Race Meetings - MotoGP, WSB & BSB, Irish Roads etc -
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04-06-2020, 01:14 PM |
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Thread: What chance for 2020?
Post: RE: What chance for 2020?
| Part of the reasoning during the decision to cancel both events was that even f we were starting to emerge from lock-down the health service would need time to recover and re-group, and the worn out s... |
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03-06-2020, 05:52 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| (01-06-2020, 10:17 AM)Alfie Noakes Wrote: also rider 59 looks like he has a big 3 lap tank on his TZ so he can get more flying laps in but that would be apx 7 gallons/31 litres which is bl
Yes 7 gal... |
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01-06-2020, 04:43 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| Notice how narrow the old pit lane was too, there was no stop box or pit lane speed limit either in those days.
I remember kneeling down trying to fix problems like some of the guys seen in those sho... |
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31-05-2020, 11:53 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| It's the background stuff that is so interesting as well, seeing people in pit lane wearing jeans and tee shirts for example, it's still a fairly recent change to me as I used to be one of them back i... |
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28-05-2020, 03:27 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| That last shot is full blown race RG500 on the road!! I bet that was fun in traffic!!!! |
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27-05-2020, 05:56 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| Ah yes just had a closer look with my glasses on!! yes Joey used the garage at the side of the Indian restaurant on the back road there, is it the Taj Mahal? and looking closer at the photo that does ... |
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27-05-2020, 01:44 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| I'm guessing that is Chris Guy's bike, he always rode number 13, it's either getting a crafty bit of testing or it is going to or from the paddock for a practice or race which is allowed at certain ti... |
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27-05-2020, 12:59 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| The road bike is a Hillman Imp engine squeezed into a Norton Commando. |
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26-05-2020, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| Just done some research and yes, 14 is Klaus Klein, 56 Mick Williams. |
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25-05-2020, 02:56 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| (24-05-2020, 04:22 PM)Alfie Noakes Wrote: 36 is Roger Burnett or Hairnet as my F1/F2 mates called him.
Yep!! In those days he wore a Roger Marshall replica helmet just to confuse things, the link be... |
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24-05-2020, 05:42 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| #36 is an interesting one, I know who it is but let's see if anyone else gets it 😀 |
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24-05-2020, 04:09 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| #15 Frank Rutter, #24 Alastair Frame |
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24-05-2020, 12:44 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| #8 Asa Moyce, #9 Bernard Murray, I know a couple more but I'll let others have a go first. |
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ALL Photographs and Video Shots etc...
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23-05-2020, 11:59 AM |
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Thread: Best TT Memories.
Post: RE: Best TT Memories.
| Depending on where you live, Heron and Brearley (Okells) have a couple of UK pub chains which might be doing off licence sales, they own Market Town Taverns with many pubs in the Yorkshire area, and a... |
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General Discussion
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22-05-2020, 07:33 PM |
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Thread: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
Post: RE: Koalas 1984 TT retrospective
| Great photo's again, and yes it's more upmarket nowadays, they knocked down that old shed, you just sit in the rain now 😀 |
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20-05-2020, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| I don't think #72 is Jim Wells, the leathers and helmet don't look right, it is definitely a Yamaha though, either a TR2 or a TR3. |
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17-05-2020, 10:58 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| Yes please do keep.posting, its interesting and its giving everyone something to do. |
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17-05-2020, 01:38 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| First one is a 250 Spondon Rotax (possibly badged as an EMC) second is a Yamaha TZ250, third is a 250 Exactweld (Yamaha TZ engine) then the Rocket 3, final one is a Yamaha TZ750 |
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14-05-2020, 12:21 PM |
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Thread: Scarborough Gold Cup
Post: RE: Scarborough Gold Cup
| It was on an old website which took a bit of finding, I wasn't even sure if it was still there but after a bit of searching I found it. |
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General Discussion
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13-05-2020, 06:36 PM |
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Thread: Scarborough Gold Cup
Post: RE: Scarborough Gold Cup
| Here is up to 2012, the rest should be easy to research -
1950
Geoff Duke
500 Norton
1951
Jack Brett
500 Norton
1952
Bill Doran
500 AJS
1953
Geoff Duke
500 Gilera
1954
Geoff Duke
500 Gilera
1955
Geof... |
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General Discussion
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13-05-2020, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| 29 John Heselwood on an RG500 Suzuki |
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10-05-2020, 04:25 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| (09-05-2020, 06:10 PM)sticky Wrote: I think the rider next to Bob Heath might be Andy Cooper - the helmet looks right & he was down to ride a Spondon Yamaha
Yes I reckon Andy Cooper too. |
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09-05-2020, 06:38 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| Beat me to it Splashdown!! Dave Dean is on an RG500 and Geoff Johnson is on either a TZ350 or possibly a 500 Zegers which he had around that time. |
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07-05-2020, 03:31 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| And I think the guy in the Suzuki overalls might be Nigel Everett, long time spanner man to Mick Grant |
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06-05-2020, 08:23 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes?
Post: RE: 1984 TT - anybody recognise these riders/bikes...
| I'd go with Eddie too on this one
Edit, just done a quick search of other images from those years and yes, definitely Eddie Roberts.
Next? |
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05-05-2020, 11:56 PM |
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Thread: Best TT Memories.
Post: RE: Best TT Memories.
| Excellent story, brought back a lot of memories of shared garages and late nights, and escapades on the roads for me too. |
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General Discussion
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27-04-2020, 12:25 PM |
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Thread: 1984 TT entry lists?
Post: RE: 1984 TT entry lists?
| Pop a few up on here, there is a vast pool of knowledge among forum members, it will give them something to do, particularly at the moment, and I'm pretty sure a good few of your photos will be ID'd i... |
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25-04-2020, 05:30 PM |
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Thread: Best TT Memories.
Post: RE: Best TT Memories.
| 1998 watching the Senior from the bottom of Bray Hill, willing Bob Jackson on, he came oh so close to defeating Ian Simpson on the Honda Britain RC45, going with a big a tank and a one stop plan he he... |
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General Discussion
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02-04-2020, 11:46 PM |
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Thread: Best TT Memories.
Post: RE: Best TT Memories.
| (30-03-2020, 10:20 PM)eman1948 Wrote: Didn`t the farmer have the hedge made out of bedsteads?
Oh I fell off my H1a there in 1971, not racing, still remember it like yesterday.
Correct, the inside o... |
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General Discussion
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30-03-2020, 11:04 PM |
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Thread: Best TT Memories.
Post: RE: Best TT Memories.
| And for a bit of trivia, how did Bedstead get its name? |
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General Discussion
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30-03-2020, 09:57 PM |
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Thread: Racing legend Tony Rutter sadly passes away
Post: RE: Racing legend Tony Rutter sadly passes away
| A hero of mine from my school days, a winner on short circuits and road circuits, he could competitively ride anything, anywhere, Michael has very much followed in his fathers footsteps in that respec... |
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General Discussion
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24-03-2020, 10:12 PM |
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Thread: TT 2020 IS CANCELLED - Official Report
Post: RE: TT 2020 IS CANCELLED - Official Report
| I think it's 'self isolation' Alfie, so as you can guess it will be completely down to trust and absolutely impossible to police, unless they stamp the date of arrival on everybody's forehead in perma... |
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Information, Press Releases etc & Your Comments
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16-03-2020, 11:11 PM |
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Thread: New name found for a corner.
Post: RE: New name found for a corner.
| I reckon that actual metal fence survived into the 1970's or later Nick, I will have to dig through some old photos and check. |
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04-02-2020, 11:35 AM |
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Thread: New name found for a corner.
Post: RE: New name found for a corner.
| Brilliant work Silja!! I would say that is the at foot of what we know as May Hill |
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04-02-2020, 12:03 AM |
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Thread: New name found for a corner.
Post: RE: New name found for a corner.
| Ah, yes I never considered the early car events!! |
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02-02-2020, 01:15 AM |
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Thread: New name found for a corner.
Post: RE: New name found for a corner.
| Hmm well the Clypse course was only in use for a few years during the 1950's, BUT, when the Mountain course was first used around 1911 they turned off at Cronk Ny Mona and Arrived at St Ninians crossr... |
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01-02-2020, 02:06 PM |
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Thread: New name found for a corner.
Post: RE: New name found for a corner.
| I would say definitely Edges Corner, it's a right hander just after where the Cat with No Tail Pub now stands on the way towards Cronk Ny Mona, and to this day is still a slightly awkward corner even ... |
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31-01-2020, 10:43 PM |
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Thread: Should we re-route the TT course?
Post: RE: Should we re-route the TT course?
| I honestly had to double check the calendar when I first saw this on the IOM news site!! It's nearly as good as the one about building an underpass for the horse teams on the prom which they printed o... |
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04-09-2019, 05:50 PM |
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Thread: Southern 100 Meeting - Programme - Reports & Results
Post: RE: Southern 100 Meeting - Programme - Reports & R...
| Reports say "Suspected minor fractures" he was taken to Nobles hospital and then discharged after a check over. |
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Southern 100 Meetings 2019
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11-07-2019, 09:11 PM |
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Thread: Crowdfunding page set up for Bruce Anstey
Post: RE: Crowdfunding page set up for Bruce Anstey
| Just a quick update on the fund raising effort for Bruce, it is now at almost 80% of the target amount, so please keep sharing the link, and if you are able to chip in just a few pounds every little w... |
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Information, Press Releases etc and your comments
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05-07-2019, 12:48 PM |
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Thread: Crowdfunding page set up for Bruce Anstey
Post: RE: Crowdfunding page set up for Bruce Anstey
| It would be really great if fellow forum visitors could please share this in as many places as they can, many thanks. |
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Information, Press Releases etc and your comments
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22-06-2019, 11:46 PM |
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Thread: Ian (TT Fan) Huntly
Post: RE: Ian (TT Fan) Huntly
| Thats bad news, all the very best for a speedy recovery Ian. |
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General Discussion
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