Letters

All hail the dmw

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2019

I have been a regular subscriber to OBM for the last 25 years and always look forward to the copy […]
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Memories of walls and balls

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Sam Hewitt

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16th February 2019

Thanks for a monthly very enjoyable read which included an article on the wall of death. A while ago, the […]
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Where are you, Mary?

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Sam Hewitt

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16th February 2019

I wonder if you would kindly help, for one last time I promise, to track down Mrs Mary Smith. Mary […]
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Are you sitting comfortably?

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Sam Hewitt

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16th February 2019

I know you all like a good story, and I think you will like this one about my Uncle Sam’s […]
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Evocative images

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Sam Hewitt

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26th January 2019

I was given a number of card-mounted photographs by the nephew of the photographer, who was Colin Clark, of Wragby. […]
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Cover cracker

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Sam Hewitt

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19th January 2019

What a cracking picture on the front of December’s OBM of Charlie Bruce. It looked a very purposeful bike and […]
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Get a grip on grips

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Sam Hewitt

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19th January 2019

Having trouble stabilising grips? Then follow this method. Get some double-sided sticky tape, 5/8in wide and about 1/8in thick – […]
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Alpha Trials

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Sam Hewitt

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12th January 2019

Thank you for the article about Alpha Bearings. I was sorry to learn that Max Nightingale has died – a […]
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New fuels, old bikes

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd December 2018

I have recently read in the French press that our fuels are to be relabelled, but the list accompanying the […]
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Musee Entrevaux

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Sam Hewitt

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14th December 2018

After reading the article about this private collection museum, I decided to do a diversion on my way to Nice […]
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