Letters

116 years young

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd April 2019

The photo attached is courtesy of Sunbeam stalwart Geoff Morris, and it shows Edwin Cook with his 1903 BSA motorcycle […]
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At the pub gate?

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd April 2019

An interesting article in your last issue – the photo on page 23 caught my eye. In the picture at the […]
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A resting Dougie?

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd April 2019

While looking at the website, www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax, I thought I would enter the registration numbers obtained from photographs of my late […]
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The DMW network

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2019

I have been reading with interest the article by Pete Kelly on the Villiers 2T and saw the picture, in […]
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Meriden’s best

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Sam Hewitt

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27th March 2019

Having just picked up the latest OBM, I was somewhat taken aback to see what I thought was a picture […]
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Lighthouse family

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd March 2019

Some time ago I read an article about the OK Supreme Lighthouse engine. It had a vertical camshaft on which […]
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Unknown in Spain

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Sam Hewitt

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16th March 2019

Re OBM issue 404, the unidentified Villiers engine bike on page 42 appears to be a Panther 197 of 1958-1960 vintage. […]
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More classic Cadwell shots

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Sam Hewitt

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16th March 2019

I enclose two more of Colin Clark’s images. I do not know any details of rider or machines, but the […]
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Marking its territory

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

I promised I’d send you a pic of the ’38 overhead valve Norton that came my way at the weekend: […]
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Tinkling the Ivory?

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

I came across a photo of my dad when he was in the army, sitting on a Calthorpe Ivory (I […]
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