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Lunch time at Vincent's about July 1950 guy on bike John (Nobby ) Clark one of the guys with the black box brownie, Taken by the other Guy with the black box John Bland, Bill Hoddinott our MPH Lightning man from the USA will be having a visit to John Bland next May John he lives near Stevenage
Lunch time Francis Barnett 1951 197cc three speed, ex Norman Hooton/ George Brown. just behind me we had a small trails section set up all the guy use to have a go at it One guy Paul Garrard use to have a works backed fanny B 125cc 4 speed he use to clean up all the local events with It, photo John Bland and thanks to davidd for cleaning the shot up and placing it
fourth vehicle from the left is a 600cc side valve Douglas engine three wheel parts carrier that was used to carrier parts inter factory,
I have been told by a member reading PEI book that I have been spelling Mike Eggington name wrong sorry he is correct.
From David Bowen:
Sad story the only photo I have seen of Tony Summerskill. He left college and started
his time at Vincent at 18 about six month before me. He was so bright he
was in the drawing office when I started. Coming to work on his Bigport AJS
was killed. At this time he had drawn up drawings for a four cylinder east
west OHV engine (for himself) which Ted Davis finished up having. I must,
when I go to UK this year go a see Ted's Daughter and see if she still has
them.
The photo I would say march 1948. Note about 20 bikes all lined up for road
test. You will note the bike Tony is pushing has the clutch cover of I would
say all these bikes were waiting for clutch parts so that why they are not
in the test House. At this time we were making about 25 bikes a week.
David Bowen
Sad story the only photo I have seen of Tony Summerskill. He left college and started
his time at Vincent at 18 about six month before me. He was so bright he
was in the drawing office when I started. Coming to work on his Bigport AJS
was killed. At this time he had drawn up drawings for a four cylinder east
west OHV engine (for himself) which Ted Davis finished up having. I must,
when I go to UK this year go a see Ted's Daughter and see if she still has
them.
The photo I would say march 1948. Note about 20 bikes all lined up for road
test. You will note the bike Tony is pushing has the clutch cover of I would
say all these bikes were waiting for clutch parts so that why they are not
in the test House. At this time we were making about 25 bikes a week.
David Bowen
