Images Dated 7th October 2019

The Bungalow Hotel

Maurice Cann leads Tommy Wood in the 1950 Lightweight TT, This daunting building is what faced riders at the Bungalow up until 1957 when the Kissack family won the tender to remove it. They paid £37.10s to the Manx Electric Railway, and the building was dismantled;every plank, tile and nail was recycled

Italian co-operation

When Moto Guzzi developed a 317cc version of their all-conquering 250 single, they did not have an entry for the TT. MV allowed Fergus Anderson to take over an MV entry, then change the machine to the Guzzi on which he finished 3rd in the 1953 Junior TT. He went on to win the 350 World Championship, retaining it in 1954

Still running after 58 years

Johnny Cox presses on though the Grandstand with his Matchless G9 in the 1952 Senior Clubmans. Fifty eight years after it was ridden in the Clubmans, Bryan Philpott uses the machiine, which now has over 90,000 miles under its wheels, in classic runs. A great number of machines that were ridden in the Clubman races still survive