Exhibition Images Collection (page 18)

A pair of winners
This time-worn pictures pays tribute to Kelly Swanston, seen here congratulating Harold Daniell (on bike) in winning the 1933 Senior Manx Grand Prix

Hall Green
Stanley Woods looks on as his 500 Velocette is fettled at Hall Green, the home of Veloce Ltd. The factory looked the same when it closed in the 1960s

Startline 1930 Ulster Grand Prix
Stanley Woods (Norton, 63) lines up to start the 1930 Ulster Grand Prix on the Clady circuit. Jimmy Simpson (62) set the fastest lap but blew up, leaving Stanley to win the fist UGP for Norton

1930 Lightweight TT
Only lying sixth on the first lap, Hawicks Jimmy Guthrie finished victorious on the 250cc AJS for the first of his six TT wins, the remaining five on works Nortons

1930 Junior TT
Velocettes Tokyo agent, Kenzo Tada, poses with his Velocette KTT. After an eventful practice session and race with many falls, he finished 15th of 22 finishers

A job well done
Wal Handley looks pleased with his second place in the 1929 Junior TT. He won TTs on Rex Acme and Rudge, Note the interesting leading-link girder forks on his 350 A.J.S

The Spoils of Victory
Stanley Woods looks happy after his 1926 Senior TT win. Especially when you see how much he took home in bonus payments. Not bad for 1926! How much would that be worth today?

Mavro
Noel Mavrogordato at Parliament Square in the 1929 Amateur TT - the fore-runner of the Manx Grand Prix. Mavro always rode two-strokes in the Island, from his first ride in 1926

The first Guzzi leaderboard man
Following Petro Ghersis exculsion from the 1926 Lightweight TT, the first year that Guzzi were ridden at the TT, Luigi Arcangeli finished second to Wal Handley (Rex Acme) the folllowing year

A Double winner by default - Eric Lea
Eric Lea, seen here in the 1929 Senior Amatuer Road Race Championship, finished runner-up in both Junior and Senior races that year

Oops
An unidentified riders stoops to reover the model after sliding off leaving Ramsey Hairpin, 1928 Senior TT. The local constable keeps a wary eye open for folowing riders

1923 Sidecar TT
Graham Walker seems at ease with things rounding Waterworks, but passenger Tommy Mahon look a trifle uncomfortable as they head for runner-up spot with their Norton/Hughes outfit

1925 Douglas team
The Douglas team, who were based in Ramsey, were allowed to starttheir practice laps from Parliament Square

George Tucker - 1924 Sidecar TT
George Tucker and passenger Walter Moore are congratulated on their Sidecar TT victory by James Pa Norton and fellow Norton director Bill Mansell

Getting the scoreboard ready
Preparations are under way fin 1920 for the first TT after WWII. This was the first year the Glencrutchery startline was used

Gus Kuhn and the errant flywheel
Gus Kuhn recounts sever engine failure on his Levis in practice for the 1920 Junior TT

Hillberry 1920s
An early 20s shot of Hillberry and the tar-spraying gang, looking back towards Brandish. The racing surface was just rolled and crushed stone until then

Brushing up at the Creg
Spectators watch practice action at the Creg ny Baa in the early 1920s, before there was a tarmac road surface laid. The publican used to leave a yard boom outside

Hillberry
An early ywenties shot of a rider who hopes there are enough horses under his tank to get him up to Cronk ny Mona

1926 George Reynard
George Reynard (Royal Enfield) attracts the attention of a flapper as he rounds the Waterworks in the 1926 Junior TT, with a clear biew of Ramsey Bay behind; much more vegetation has grown in

1926 H H Moller
Barely had Harold Moller slid to earth off his Norton at Governors Bridge - the flag marshal was already on his way to give assistance! Harolds fourth - and last lap took 51 minutes

Gordon Burney - Sidecar and Solo Irish Champion
In 1926 Gordon Burney won both solo and sidecar road race championships on Royal Enfield at Phooenix Park, Dublin. Burney was the Irish agent for the Redditch-manufactured machines

Brother victors
Brothers Edwin (above) and Kenneth Twemlow in the 1925 Lightweight TT. The brothers scored a first sibling double at TT 1924, with Edwin winning the Lightweight, brother Kenneth won the Junior

AJS boys at play
Jimmy Simpson and George Rowley added a sidecar to their all-conquering AJS 350, and took a fighting 5th in the 1925 Sidecar TT against their 600cc rivals

Packman & Poppe
Doug Prentice (P&P) at Parliament Square, Ramsey in the 1925 Lightweight TT. This company made machines from 1922 to 1925, but a fire destroyed their Coventry-based factory

The last pre-war Sidecar TT winner
Pressure from manufacturres caused the demise of the SIidecar TT after 1925. Len Parker and Ken Horstman (Dougas) were the last winners until it was reintroduced, on the Clypse Course, in 1954

Quarter Bridge - 1925 Sidecar TT
George Grinton and Manxman Arthur Kinrade skim the lampost in the 1925 Sidecar TT, the last to be held on the Island until 1954. Grinton finished third

EX 1925 Len Parker TT 001
Exhibition Images, EX 1925 Len Parker TT 001

Governors action
An unusual angle, as a 1920s competitor takes Governors Bridge. No tarmac in those days

Those were the days my friends
A sporty early 20s outfit, very little traffic on the roads to hinder progress, no speed limits and petrol at 6p a gallon; those were definitely were the days

Ballacraine
An early twenties shot of an unidentified Sunbeam rider at Ballacraine. Horse-shoe nails and recycled horse-food were the main hazard at this junction of the Ramsey-Castletown and Douglas-Peel roads

The first mega
The flat-twin ABC - " All British (Engine) Company" - was designed by Granville Bradshaw. Reg Lucas machine was the first TT racer to feature megaphone exhausts

1921 Senior TT
Jack Watson-Bourne (sv Triumph) checks back as he senses a fast-approaching Freddie Dixon on an Indian single through the Laurel Bank section. Dixon finished second, Watson-Bourne fifth

The Multi-talented Mr Shaw
Belfastss Jimmy Shaw was Ulster and Irish sand-racing champion ten times each. He turned his attention to road racing and became a member of the works Norton team

The drop from Kates to the Creg
Tom Sheard (AJS) approaches Creg ny Baa in the 1921 Junior TT. He finished third that year but won the Junior in 1922, Stanley Woods recalled that the publican of the Keppel Hotel, Creg ny Baa

1925 Sidecar TT
Pitting their 350cc AJS outfit against the 600 Douglas and Norton outfits, Frank Longman with Leo Davenport holding the third wheel down took a fightig fourth place

1924 Ultra Lightweight TT
The first massed-start TT. The whole field is in view as they leave the start. The winner was Jock Porter (New Gerrard, 1)

The First Manx
September 20, 1923; 31 staretsr prepare for the first Manx Amatuer Road Race Championship (M.A.R.R.C.). Ken Twemlow started No. 1

1923 Senior TT
Tom Sheard (Douglas) at Ramsey Hairpin winning the 1923 Senior. Theyear before Tom had won the Junior on an AJS. The Sheard family still own this machine

The piston lives on
Graham Walker and Tommy Mahon round Ramsey Hairpin in the 1923 Sidecar TT. Graham finished second to Freddie Dixon. Son and fellow race commentator Murray uses the piston from this very machine as a

1923 Sidecar TT
Freddie Dixon (Douglas) rounds Ramsey Hairpin on his winning way. Passenger Walter Denny, who remained seated the whole race, can be seen pushing the banking lever forward to lower the sidecar

1920 Senior TT
Competitors wair for the start of the 1920 Senior. This was the first year the current startline was used. ABC machines were the first ro race with a megaphone exhuast, as seen on Reg Abrams No. 78

W O Bentley - car and bike TT racer
In 1914, Walter Owen Bentley raced, and retired from the car Tourist Trophy in a French-built D.F, P, . Before that, he had ridden in the 1909 TT on a Rex, and again the next year on a Indian

1914 Car TT
Sir Algernon Guinness tales Ballacraine in his 3.3. litre Sunbeam. He retired after 12 laps with a failed drive shaft. He was the brother of Kenelm Lee Guinness, founder of the KLG spark plugs

1913 start - Quarter Bridge Road
From 1913 both Junior and Senior races were held over two days. As he waits his turn to start, is No. 25 fortifying himself for the race ahead?

1914 Junior TT start
Riders wait to start the 1914 Junior TT. No. 25 was Fred Walker (Royal Enfield); he had led the race for the first two laps

The first two-stroke TT win
The Shipley-built Scott, ridden by H O Tim Wood, won the 1913 Senior TT. The race was held over two legs that year, three laps one day, four laps the next

Not going Forward
The long arm of the law and other marshals rush to help Percy Owen who tumbles off his Birimngham-built Forward at Ramsey Hairpin in the 1913 Junior TT

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