Douglas Collection

Don Chapman at Cronk ny Mona: 1954 Clubman Junior TT

Les Southam Douglas 1951 Junior MGP Practice
Les Southam (Douglas) at Governor's 1, 1951 Junior MGP practice

George Milner (Douglas) 1951 Junior Clubman TT
George Milner (Douglas) at Governors Bridge, 1951 Junior Clubman TT

Les Southam (Douglas) 1951 Junior Manx Grand Prix

Leo Carter (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT
Leo Carter (Douglas) riding for the Bar None MCC, 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Stan Cooper (Douglas) 1951 Junior Clubman TT
Stan Cooper (Douglas) riding for the Bannovallum MCC, 1951 Junior Clubman TT

The Banking Sidecar
Freddie Dixon and Walter Denny display their 1923 Sidecar TT-winning Douglas and banking sidecar, designed by Dixon. The levers by the sidecar raises and lowers the wheel axle

Double 1993 Sidecar winers Dave Molyneux and Karl Ellison pose on the 1923 Sidecar TT winning Freddie Dixon Douglas
1993 Sidecar victors Dave Molyneux and Karl Ellison pose on the Freddie Dixon banking sidecar which won the inaugural Sidecar TT in 1923

Graham Walker
TT winner, Editor of Motorcycling, first curator of the Beaulieu Motor Museum, Graham Walker prepares for the first Vintage Motor Cycle Club TT Rally

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

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

Harvey Williams (BSA, 70) Adrian Burton (Douglas, 71) and George Salt (BSA) 1952 Junior Clubman TT
Harvey Williams (BSA, 70) Adrian Burton (Douglas, 71) and George Salt (BSA) starting the 1952 Junior Clubman TT

Stan Cooper (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT
Stan Cooper (Douglas) on Bray Hill, 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Don Chapman (Douglas) 1954 Clubman Junior TT
Don Chapman (Douglas) at Cronk ny Mona, 1954 Clubman Junior TT

Maurice Chefneux (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT
Maurice Chefneux (Douglas) on Bray Hill, 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Tommy Brown (Douglas) 1955 Junior Clubman TT

Jon Boulter (Douglas) 1951 Junior Clubman TT
Jon Boulter (Douglas) at Governors Bridge, 1951 Junior Clubman TT

E D Blackwell (Douglas) 1951 Junior Clubman TT
E D Blackwell (Douglas) at Governors Bridge, 1951 Junior Clubman TT

R W Holywell (Douglas) 1951 Junior Clubman TT
R W Holywell (Douglas) at Governors Bridge, 1951 Junior Clubman TT

Dennis Hovenden (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT
Dennis Hovenden (Douglas) on Ballaugh Bridge, 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Fred Hilditch (Douglas) 1951 Junior Clubman TT
Fred Hilditch (Douglas) at Governors Bridge, 1951 Junior Clubman TT

Fred Hilditch (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT
Fred Hilditch (Douglas) at Quarter Bridge, 1950 Junior Clubman TT

W J Hill (Douglas) 1949 Junior Clubman TT
W J Hill (Douglas) at Quarter Bridge, 1949 Junior Clubman TT

Cyril Griffiths (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Bob Dowty (Douglas) 1951 Junior Manx Grand Prix
Bob Dowty (Douglas) at Ballaugh Bridge, 1951 Junior Manx Grand Prix

John Clark (Douglas) 1950 Junior Manx Grand Prix
John Clark (Douglas) at Braddan Bridge, 1950 Junior Manx Grand Prix

P R Sproat (Douglas) and Stan Cooper (Douglas) 1951 Junior Clubman TT
P R Sproat (Douglas) and Stan Cooper (Douglas) at Governors Bridge, 1951 Junior Clubman TT

Lennox Broughton (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Graham Kneale & Nick Crowe (Douglas) 2011 Parade Lap
The winner of the first Sidecar TT (the bike!) Graham Kneale & Nick Crowe (Douglas) 2011 Parade Lap

W F Wood (Douglas) 1949 Junior Clubman TT

1951 Junior Clubman TT
Having broken his 90+ Douglas on the run down the mountain, a helmetless Charles Robinson freewheels through Governors Bridge

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

N Banks (Douglas, 63) & D A Hutson (AJS) 1950 Junior Clubmans Silverstone

Doug Parris (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubmans Silverstone

H Smith (Douglas) 1953 Junior Clubman TT
H Smith (Douglas) riding for the Golden Horse MCC, 1953 Junior Clubman TT

Ron Rudge (Douglas) 1950 Junior Manx Grand Prix
Ron Rudge (Douglas) at Ramsey Hairpin: 1950 Junior Manx Grand Prix

Franz Pados (Douglas) 1949 Junior Clubman TT
Franz Pados (Douglas) leaves Governors Bridge; 1949 Junior Clubman TT

Len Parker & Ken Horstman (Douglas) 1925 Sidecar TT

Adrian Burton (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT
Adrian Burton (Douglas) riding for the West of England MC, 1950 Junior Clubman TT

Len Parker (Douglass / c) at Quarter Bridge
A wonderful period shot as Len Parker and passenger Ken Horstman swing their 1925 TT-winning Douglas outfit through Quarter Bridge

David Lawrence (Douglas) 2004 Classic Parade Lap
David Lawrence (Douglas) at Governors Bridge: 2004 Classic Parade Lap

Wilf Hutt (Douglas) 1950 Junior Clubman TT
Wilf Hutt (Douglas), riding for Oxfordshire MCC: 1950 Junior Clubman TT

John Hutchinson (Douglas) 1955 Junior Clubman TT
John Hutchinson (Douglas), riding for the Wavertree MCC; 1955 Junior Clubman TT

G N Camfield (Douglas) 1949 Junior Clubman TT

Adrian Burton (Douglas) 1952 Junior Clubman TT

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