Images Dated 5th October 2019

Les Graham - DFC
Les Graham (MV) at Quarter Bridge, 1953 TT. During WWII he flew Lancaster bombers over Germany and was awarded the DFC for bravery

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?

Francis Beart - master tuner
For many years the lime-green Manx Nortons from the Surrey tuning stable of Francis Beart were the fastest machines after the works mutis

Smoking and racing are bad for your health!
Harvey Williams (BSA) snapped in practice for the 1952 Ultra Lighweight race

1971 Lightweight TT
East Germany v Japan. Peter Williams (MZ, 5) and Phil Read (Yamaha, 6) start the 1971 Lightweight, This was Peters only TT ride on a non-British machine

Mike the Bike
A selection of early Mike Hailwood TT shots

Glyn Jones - an island all-rounder
MGP rider, TT passenger and rider, Glyn Jones has done em all! Starting with the 98 Newcomers MGP where he finished second, he passengered Dennis Proudman before taking the reins of his own outfit

An Amazing Arrow
Brands Hatch specialist Michael O Rourke took this Herman Meier-tuned Ariel Arrow to a fine seventh place in the 1960 Lightweight TT, beaten only by the works MV, Morini and Honda, machines

Slippery Sam
The most celebratedTriumph racer, the only machine ever to win five TT races in five consecutive years 1971-1975

Frank Fox - racer / author
Frank Fox winning the 1953 Junior Manx Grand Prix. His autoiography Living to Race, Racing to Live is a facinating read

Deep in thought
Radio TTs Charlie Williams caught in a contemplative mood as he warms up his Johnson Yamaha for the 1973 Ultra Lightweight race

Celtic Match Races - Jurby Airfield 1976
A talented trio of riders in the holding area. Joey Dunlop (98, Yamsel) 1953 Junior MGP winner Frank Fox (16, ARE Triumph) and Frank Kennedy (Maxton Yamaha) a second member of the Armoy Armada

Not the TTs greatest fan
Exactly 37.73 miles after this shot was taken at Quarter Bridge in 1971, Barry Sheene slid off of Utra Lightweight Suzuki and never visited the Isle of Man aagin

Roy Peplow - 1965 ISDT
Roy Peplow leaves the start for the first day of the 1965 International Six Days Trial - the bike would never be that clean for the next six days. Roy won a Gold

Harold Daniell - pre and post-war star
Harold Daniell heels the newly introduced Rex McCandless-framed Manx Norton into Ballaugh Bridge

Joey
A selection of Joey Dunlop TT shots

Manning the Scoreboard
I wonder if their grandsons are still looking after the scoreboards?

Three Legends of the track
With multiple TT and World Championships between them, Valentino Rossi, John McGuinness and Giacomo Agostini pose for the camera after Johns Superbike win and before The Doctor and Ago went for a spin

Sally - a Manx Norton with a long history
Bob Dowty jnr heels his fathers long-stroke Manx into Governorss Bridge

A Flying Kipper
Oops! Chief Travelling Marshal Alan Kipper Killip drops the plot at Quarter Bridge in the 1979 TT races

Mike Hailwood filming - 1977 Manx Grand Prix
Mike Hailwod ponders on the wisdom of firing this 700 Yamaha down Bray Hill for his first lap in many years. He was filming for Take it to the Limit

The Mighty Atom
Gary Dickinson leaves Governors Bridge. His sight stature meant he had to carry ballast to reach the minimum racing weight

The only Yamsel TT win
A race of attrition; with Agostini (MV) and Read (Yamaha) both retiring with mechinical ills, then Rod Gould, Alan Barnett and Dudley Robinson each crashing when leading

Honda RC116 50cc racer
Luigi Taveri on the RC 116 twin-cyclinder 50cc racer. Power output is 16 bhp at 21, 500 rpm

Laying down on the job
Not content with smoking whilst racing (see the Ballaugh shot), Harvey Williams likes to lay down on the job! But I suppose with the nano-horsepower that the little Bantam produced, every little helps

My special hedge
A poem about spectating at the TT races

Signpost Corner
Various solo and sidecar shots of Signpost Corner

Bill Smith - first and last TT rides
Liverpool rider-dealer Bill Smith rodse this Velocette special in the 1957 Lightweight TT. 43 years later he made his Island farewell ride on 1 a 400 Honda

The Boddice Clan
Three members of the Boddice family, snapped within inches of each other, with forty years between father and grandson

One mans tribute to his favourite racer
A montage of Mike the Bike pics from 1958 to 1978 adorn the panel of Mike the Bike Vickers van. A fitting celebration of MV to SMBH

A four-cylinder beer pump
Combining the best of two of our favourite pursuits. This engine was rescued from a hedge ad taken to Germany to be refurbished and now adorns the bar at the Sulby Glen Hotel

The Hairy Bikers at the TT
" Do you want onions and friews with that, sit" Simon King and Dave Myers provide the nosh at a food outlet behind the Grandsttnd

John McGuinness - marshal
In 2007 outright T lap record-holder John McGuinness signed up for the Orange Army of marshals

Racing
A poem from Dave Clucas

Post-race 2004 Production 600 TT
" How was that for you?" John McGuinness (Yamaha) and Bruce Anstey (Suzuki) exchange glances in the winners enclosure

Mad Sunday - Mad anyday
2003 TT

2007 Classic Lap - an expensive motorcycle
" When I last rode the 250 Yamaha in 1965, I hate it

Jon Ekerold - world champion
South African Jon Ekerold rode the TT in the years before and after he won the 1980 Junior World Championship. His best TT placing was second in the 1982 Senior and Classic TTs

The Crosby Norton
Despite his handicap, the late John Flood rebuilt the Norton that featured for many years in the display in the Crosby Hotel

Yer Men
Davy Wood chcks the countdown to the start of the 1991 Lightweight TT as Joey Dunlop warms up the machine. Davy was Joeys manager and mentor throughout most of his TT winning years

Checking out the opposition
Phil Read looks across to his Honda rivals Luigi Taveri and Ralph Bryans before the start of the 1966 Ultra Lightweight race

On Any Sunday Star
American off-road legend Malcom Smith, riding the ISDT above Sky Hill

The Edmonds BSA - a front wheel drive outfit
Mick Wortley and Dave Kettle take the front-wheel drive Edmonds BSA round Ballacraine in practice for the 1976 500 Sidecar TT

Broke it - but u100 richer
Derek Minter tours round Bedstead to retire from the 1960 Senior TT. Stan Hailwood had put up a £ 100 pounds prize for the first ton mile an hour lap by a single cylinder machine

1967 500cc Production TT
Triumph tester and pig farmer Percy Tait was was fastest in practice for the first 500 Production, but a first lap spill at Appledene put him out of the race

Does my bike look big in this?
Wearing a fairing that would not lookv out of place on a 750, Trevor Burgess won the 1968 Production 250 class on the Ossa

Speed Cop
Met policeman Graham Bailey rode this single-carb police-spec Triumph Saint in the inaugural Production TT

1968 Lightweight TT - a piggy-back to the podium
Bill Ivy gets a lift to the podium after winning the 1968 Lightweight TT by Press Officer Norman Brown. The Yamaha works rider had caught his foot at Milntown

1965 Sidecar TT
Johhny Robinson gazes into the camera lens as Fritz Scheidegger pours the power on. The Swiss / UK pairing only finished second in the race but won the world championship, repeating the feat in 1966

Eddie Crooks - MZ rider - twice
In 1960 Manxman Eddie Crooks rode 125 and 250 MZ in the TT. In 1998 he also starred on an MZ, this time riding naked on a 250 in the hit film Waking Ned

Gilberto Milani
Son of works Gilera rider Alberto, Gilberto rode the TT, usually on the Aermacchi, for six years, before being team manager for Walter Villa who won three 25oc world titles

The Little and Large of Sidecars
Rudi Kurths Honda-powered CAT - an excecise in compactness - compared to Peter Gerrishs 500 Vincent

Guiseppe Pattonis racer
Conceived in the 60s, still being raced today. Fred Stevens raced the machines for Liverpool dealer Bill Hannah

earoling
Manx Grand Prix leader board man, long-time TT rider and travelling marshal Albert Moule demnstrates the clingability of the tyres on his v125 Mondial

Bob Mac
50 years before John McGuinness broke the 130 mph barrier, Bob McIntyre took this 500 Gilera to unknown heights with the first ton lap

Hondas first year
" I herby avow my intention that I will participate in the TT race and I proclaim with my fellow empoyees that I will pour all my energy

The first Honda - 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Naomi Taniguchi round the Manx Arms during Hondas first surjourn into TT racing - the rest is history

1959 Formula One race
Californian Ed La Belle brought this BMW and a Junior Norton for the 1959 races

A BMW with a borrowed fairing
Florian Camathias and Hilmar Cecco take their BMW round the Manx Arms on the Clypse course

A Scottish Formula Double
Glasgow Mercury club mates Alastair King (27, AJS) and Bob McIntyre (6, Norton) relax in the winners enclosure after winning their rspective classes in the 1959 Formula 1 races

Beryl Swain - first female solo TT racer
Despite much opposition, Beryl Swain quaified for an Interntational race licence and took part in the 1962 50cc TT, finishing 22nd. Pictured at Bray Hill and (inset) receiving her finishers medal

All tucked in
Flat in top atthe bottom of Bray Hill. With everything in full compression, Wolfgang Gedlich gives his 50cc Kreidler all it has during the 1962 50cc race

One of the first Tritons?
In the early 50s, Nortons would not sell just an engine to Cooper Cars for their Formula 3 racers. This meant a lot of Manx chassis were available

Parkfield Corner - first lap
The Norton pairing of Eric Oliver/Les Nutt and Pip Harris/Ray Campbell lead the 1954 SidecarTT into Parkfield for the first time. Oliver won, Harris retired

1959 Junior MGP team winners - Peveril MCC
Reg Dearden of Manchester was always a supporter of Manx riders. In the 1958 Junior his rders Mike Kelly (2, 13th) Eddie Crooks (90, 2nd) and Bob Dowty (80, 5th) won the team prize for the Peveril MCC

1951 Junior TT weigh-in
Geoff Duke brings his Manx Norton to the weigh-in. Geoff was to end the 1951 season as the BBC Sportsman of the Year and double world champion. In his racing career Geoff took 33 GP victories

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

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 Mountain circuit part 1
A poem about the TT races

The Mountain circuit part 2
A poem about the TT races

The Voice of the TT"
Perced high in the Grandstand, the late Peter Kneale oversees one of the many TT and Grands Prix races for Manx Radio. Photo; Isle of Man Newspapers

A Pair of Travellers
A pair of well-travelled foreign spectators wait for the action at Parliament Squre, Ramsey

Welcome
Rupert Murden rides his 1914 TT Triumph on the 2007 TT Re-enactment

In case of breakdown
A recent addition to the massed ranks of vintage machines reside here on this Island us ths very tidy 1927 Coventry Victor Silent Six

Saturday evening practice - TT 2009
Wil these be the winninf eyes this year? Cameron Donald (Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing) at Greeba Bridge

Grrrr eat
I have a penchant for petting pooches - do you think I dare? or my eyesights bad - wonder if the words are in braille?

TT 2008 Junior TT race 1
Platers pleasure after Ansteys anguish Close riding at Braddan - Paul Shoesmith leads Roger Maher

TT 2008 Senior
John McGuinness - TT win number 14. 13 all the way for Gary Carswell - he finished in his start number

The A. R, E, Musuem, Kirk Michael
Whilst on the Island, don t fail to visit Tony Easts Classic Bike Museum on the utskirts of Kirk Michael. All funds raised go to island charities, refreshments available

2008 Sidecar TT B
The dice of the meeting. The Honda outfit of Nick Crowe/Mark Cox lead Dave Molyneux/Dan Sayles Suzuki as they head for ulby Bridge. The crews were hardly further apart duting the whole race

Whiplash
You hear of people getting whiplash when racing a sidecar - never thought it be that plesurable - form an orderly queue lads

TT 2008 Sidecar B
Sunshine, shadows and success - another TT doule for Nick Crowe / Mark Cox. 5th - the best finish so far for World Champion Klaus Klaffenbock / Christian Parzer

Wing-walkers over Laxey
The Guinot aerial stunt team at work on a grey Thrusday at TT 2008. If my bike smoked like thatm, I wouldn t take it down the pub let alone a few thousand feet in the air

2008 Sidecar TT A
Andrew Winkle tries to get the rear tyre to grip as John Holden pours on the LCR Suzuki power away from the start

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