Exhibition Images Collection (#17)

1950 Velocette KSS
The three legs badge on the tank of his KSS Velocette did not bring C Arnold any luck - he retired from the 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Andreas Racing - at Andreas
In the early 1950s race meetings were held on the Andreas Airfield, an ex-R.A.F. training airfield and run by the Peveril Club

A twin, then a four - for a third
Australian Bob Brown started practice for the 1957 Senior TT on a G45 Matchless. He was then drafted into the Gilera squad, finishing a fine third to team-leader Bob McIntyre and John Surtees (MV)

Creg ny Baa spectators in 1957
Thousands of day-trippers arrived on Senior TT day, 1957, to watch Bob McIntyre set the first ton lap of the Mountain coure. Many of them made their way to the Creg

Matchless
The Matchless twin never sparkled in the Clubman TT, but was the chosen mount for Bill Dobbs, seen here at Cronk ny Mona in the 1951 Senior Clubman TT

Lambretta Racers
Lambretta are due to make their modern-day debut in the 125cc class of the Moto GP. The machines will surely bear no resemblence to this 1951 lineup

Bulto - Montesa to Bultaco
Juan Soler Bulto at Braddan Bridge in the 1951 Ultra Lightweight TT. A nephew of Francisco Bulto, director of Montesa who later went on to found Bultaco

Not a bad weeks work
Geoff Duke with the spoils of victory from the 1951 TT. The Mercurys are the Senior and Junior trophies, the bronze figure is the Jimmy Simpson trophy for the fastest lap

1950s Windy Corner Scramble
In the early 1950s the Peveril Club ran a TT wek Scramble on land adjacent to Windy Corner. A social history study of race-fan apparel from the good old days

Racing on Andreas Airfield
Jack Wood passes the control tower at the Andreas Airfield in the early 1950s. Most of the entry were on road or trials/scrambes machines

EX 1950 Vincent Crosby
Exhibition Images, EX 1950 Vincent Crosby

Willlie Wilshire
Riding a 3T Triumph that does seem a tad small for his lanky frame, Willie Wilshire on Bray Hill in the 1950 350 Clubman TT

The first Vintage race
Mike Tomkinson (Velocette) 1950 Vintage race, Silverstone

To the Victors - the spoils
The all-conquering Norton team take centre stage at the prizegiving. Left to right. Thomas Radcliffe, Mayor of Douglas, Johnny Lockett, Harold Daniell, Artie Bell, Geoff Duke and Gilbert Smith

Race Transport 1950s style
Peter and Bob Gale prepare to take their flat-tank Norton to the Knatts Valley Hill Climb

Fancy racing on that rubber?
Definitely not high-hysterisis, or whateever the term was. The Islands Lieutenant Governor (right) chats with the race-shop tyre fitters

DIY MGP Pit Stop
Bill Doran pours the essence as his pit attedant checks the old level in the 1946 Senior Manx Grand Prix

Manx Legend: Harold Rowell
Manxman Harold Rowell gets the wind knocked out of him as he hits the bottom of Bray Hill in the 1946 Senior Manx Grand Prix

The last UK supercharged winner
Post=WWII the FIM banned superchargers in Grand Prix. This ban did not extend to other International races. Jock West shuts everything down after his winning ride at Chimay in 1946 o the V-4 A.J.S

The two sides of racing
Rider " This sidecar racing is serious stuff" Passenger: Whee"

A post-war special - the LEF
Post-WWII there were very few 250cc racing machines available, so many specials were made. The LEF was built by a motorcycle business run by 3 partners, Lewis, Ellis and Foster in Watford, Herts

1949 Junior TT
Les Graham parks up his broken AJS between Ballig Bridge and Laurel Bank. He was leading the race on the first lap. The schoolboy appears to be on a mission to secure his autograph

Les Graham and the AJS Porcupine
Les Graham won the inaugural 500cc World Championship on the AJS Porcupine. He failed to win at the TT when the magneto failed on the last lap whilst leading; he pushed in to finish 10th

1949 Gill Shield Trial
David Christian eyes the hazards ahead during the Peveril Clubs annual Gill Shield Trial. The Christian family ran the Lucas and Ford agencies on North Quay, Douglas for many years

Happy 90th Geoff
Geoff Duke celbrated his 90th birthday in 2013. This shows Geoff in practice on his International Norton for the 1949 Senior Clubman TT, his first TT victory

Creg ny Baa
Spectators are well protected against a cool wind as they take in the racing action. The Laxey Woollen Mills used to hire out Manx tartan blankets durig race days at the Creg

1949 Empire Trophy Race
A youthful Stirling Moss corers his 500cc Cooper Norton at Parkfield Corner in the early stages of his illustrious motor racing career

The first 350cc World Champion
Freddie Frith at Governrs Bridge, winning the 1949 Junior TT. Freddie has the distinstion of being the first ever 350cc World Champion in 1949

Race Transport - 1949 style
Cyril Hopwood brings his Clubman Royal Enfield ashore. The sidecar was probably so crammed with tools, leathers, helmet, wife that the only luggage space was on the bow of the sidecar

1949 Senior TT
After leading the 1949 Senior TT, magneto trouble silenced Les Grahams AJS Porcupine at Hillberry. He pushed the lifeless machine home for 10th place

Kerb-crawling
As George Brown thunders past on his 1000cc Vincent, Dennis Morgan appears to be using the kerb to keep his wheels in line of his AJS as they go through the Governors Bridge loop

The Vanwall man
Tony Vandervell tests Artie Bells 1948 Senior TT-winning Manx Norton. Vandervell, the pioneer of thin-wall bearings, used four Manx Norton heads on his prototype Thin Wall Special

Rules are Rules"
Felix Green practices for the 1948 Senior Clubman TT. He was not allowed to start as his Scott was not fitted (as standard) with a primary chaincase

A stroker rider all his racing life
Noel Mavrogordato with the EMC. In 1925 and six successive Manx he rode Scott with a 7th in the 1925 race as his best result

1948 Senior TT
Omobono Tenni flies Ballaugh Bridge on the 500 v-twin Moto Guzzi. A favourite of the Mandello concern, there is a life-size statue of Tenni in the Moto Guzzi Museum

1948 Senior TT Norton team
Norton race manager Joe Craig (centre picture, dark suit) marshals his team fora photo shoot. No. 72 is Harold Daniell, No. 41 is Artie Bell and No. 62 is Ken Bills

The sole 1939 big Guzzi
With Italy gearing up for the forthcoming conflict, it was left to Maurice Cann to ridethe V-twin Guzzi in the 1939 Senior TT

Harold Daniell - pre and post-war TT victor
In 1938 Harold Daniell completed the first under-25 minute (24min.52.6 sec), 91, 00 plus mph, lap on his Norton in the Senior TT, a record which would stand for 12 years

A roadster in the works BMW team
When Karl Gall was sidelined from the 1939 Senior TT after a practice accident, Tim Reid was drafted in to the works BMW team of George Meier and Jock West

Jock West - TT trophy hunter
Jock West prepares for the 1939 Senior TT, where he finished second to George Meier, both riding the supercharged BMW. After WWII

1938 Junior TT - Hillberry
Stanley Woods takes his Velocette Mk VIII through Hillberry in the 1938 Junior TT, his 9th TT victory

Agression
Tommaso Omobono Tenni at Windy Corner in the 1937 Lightweight TT. A factory Moto Guzzi rider from 1933 to 1948, the 37 Lightweight was his only TT win

A Spanish / French combination
Marcel Simo was always Terrot-mounted for his TT rides from 1936 to 1939. The Isle of Man section of the Vintage MCC is twinned with the Terrot Club of France

A bunged up Norton
A paddock shot of Freddie Frith with his 350 Norton. The perforated tube protuding from the megaphone was a silencing device for riding the machuiines to the paddock

Seaside racing
In the 1930s racing cars wee re-introduced onto the Islands roads. The field for the 1935 Mannin Beg hairpins around outside the Sefton Hotel prior to racing round upper Douglas

Mountain Milestones - the first 60, 70, and 80 mph laps
Jimmy Simpson might have only won one TT, but his role in TT history is for being the first rider to lap at 60 (1924 Junior), 70 (1926 Senior) and 80 (1931 Senior)

1934 Lightweight TT
After riding 25 TT races, with many leaderboard places, Jimmy Simpson finally rode this Lightweight Rudge to a maiden win

Weighing in the big Velo
The pit pundits ponder his chances as Stanley Woods checks in the 500 Velocette that he rode into second place in the 1937 Senior TT

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