Don you are so right about this and it continues to baffle me why the TT doesn't exploit one of the richest histories in motorsport. I think the answer is that the 2 wheeled world (Goodwood is primarily a car event) is very poor at not only appreciating but actually acknowledging it's history.

I live near the Prescott hillclimb venue in Gloucestershire and every year the VSCC hold an event for pre-WW2 cars and it is always the best attended meeting of the year. The attendances at Goodwood's 2 historic meetings speak for themselves.

When the classic TT parades began it gave me a chance to see the likes of Stanley Woods, Freddie Frith etc - priceless!

The attitude now seems to be that unless there's some corporate reason for it then it ain't happening.

It's a pity that new generations of TT fans will probably never get to see the machines and riders that made the TT what it is (or should I say 'was'...). The remaining heroes of the 50s & 60s won't be around forever - we should honour them while we still can.