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George Formby in No LimitGeorge Formbys wife banned anyone taking images of him during th making of No Limit. But someone managed to bag this shot of Gitting sitting between Harold Rowell (left) and Jock Fairweather (right)
Ballacraine - turn leftComing along from the St Johns starting area, these two pioneers are about to turn left round the Ballacraine Hotel and start the climb that will take them over Creg Willys Hill and on to Kirk Michael
HillberryAn early ywenties shot of a rider who hopes there are enough horses under his tank to get him up to Cronk ny Mona
Omobono Tenni13 years separate these shots of Omobono Tenni riding the Moto Guzzi 500 v-twin. He retired in the 1935 but finished 9th in the 1948 race
A replica - for six and three quarter lapsIn the 1935 Lightweight, H G Tyrell Smith came round Kates Cottage on his seventh and last lap, to find the road had been opened in error
1938 Weigh-inJohnny Galway (Excelsior, 29) and Marcel Simo (Terrot) await their turn ro weigh their bikes in for the 1938 Lightweight TT. Johnny finished 9th, Marcel retired
1935 Lightweight TT10-times TT winner Stanley Woods (Guzzi) waits for Timekeeper Ebblewhite Snr to give him the nod to start the Lightweight TT. No 3, Ken Horton gives his Excelsior a richening tickle
A roadster in the works BMW teamWhen 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 hunterJock West prepares for the 1939 Senior TT, where he finished second to George Meier, both riding the supercharged BMW. After WWII
Chris Tattersall - racer / manufacturerChris Tattersall constructed and rode his CRSmachines from 1931 to 1953. TheCTS did not stand for Chris Tattersall Special as many thought, but Chris Tattersall St
Bray Hill - in reverseFerrddie Dixon (Riley) is about to turn right and climb Bray Hill in the 1934 Mannin Moar race. Dixon was the only person to win races on two, three and four wheels on the Island
1904 - the first car race on the IslandSelwyn F Edge takes his 13.7 litre Napier round the Bungalow in the Gordon Bennett Qualifying Trials, the first ever motor race on the Isle of Man
1922 Lightweight TT - selective assemblyGeoff Davison gets his Levis refuelled during his Lightweight TT winning ride. Team leader Geoff hand-picked the lightest components when building his machine
A Spanish / French combinationMarcel 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 NortonA 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 racingIn 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
1933 Mannin MoaThe Rt Hon. Brian Lewis - 2nd Baron Essendon rounds Government Offices to head up Bucks Road during the first Mannin Moar race in 1933
1926 H H MollerBarely 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
The drop from Kates to the CregTom 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
1913 Junior TTI am not sure if that is a smile or grimace on the face of Douggie Alexander. Riding the v-twin Royal Enfield he lay second on the first lap
1911 TT winnerOliver Godfrey hardly looks out of breath after his winning ride in the 1911 Senior TT. His tall pit attendant is W. H. Billy Wells, importer of the Indian machines that took the first three places
The Arrol-Johnston -a Scottish racing carItalian driver, Scottish car - Manx roads. Dario Resta and riding mechanic take their Dumfried-built Arrol Johnson round Cronk ny Mona in the 1908 four-inch-race; the Tourist Trophy
A Lightweight racerThe 1907 Hillman-Coatelen, driven by Kenelm Lee Guinness was stripped to the bare minimum.Bodywork and mudguards were dispensed with
Freddie Dixon - the wayward geniusA rapt audience watches Freddie Dixon round Governors Bridge on his single Indian in the 1922 Senior. Dixon always rode without goggles and favoured footboards instead of footpegs
The Keppel GateSpectators check their programmes as an Ivy rider makes his way down from Kates Cottage to the Creg. No tarmac, just rolled stones
A pioneering two-strokeIn 1909 J Leno should have been listed in TT history as one of the first two-stroke riders to run in the TT, He non-started the Premo after colliding with another rider in practice
BallacraineNeatly missing the horse-droppings, competitors on the St. Johns course round the Ballacraine Hotel. Many years later, the pub featured in No Limit when an errant rider went thriugh the door into
