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1948 Senior TT Norton team
Norton race manager Joe Craig (centre picture, dark suit) marshals his team fora photo shoot. No. 72 is Harold Daniell, No. 41 is Artie Bell and No. 62 is Ken Bills

The sole 1939 big Guzzi
With Italy gearing up for the forthcoming conflict, it was left to Maurice Cann to ridethe V-twin Guzzi in the 1939 Senior TT

Harold Daniell - pre and post-war TT victor
In 1938 Harold Daniell completed the first under-25 minute (24min.52.6 sec), 91, 00 plus mph, lap on his Norton in the Senior TT, a record which would stand for 12 years

A roadster in the works BMW team
When 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

1939 Senior TT
Walter Rusk poses with the supercharged v-4 AJS. Despite giving out 55 b.h.p. Rusk only finished 11th in the Senior race. He was later to lap the Ulster GP Clady circuit at over 100 mph

Jock West - TT trophy hunter
Jock West prepares for the 1939 Senior TT, where he finished second to George Meier, both riding the supercharged BMW. After WWII

1938 Weigh-in
Johnny 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

1938 Junior TT - Hillberry
Stanley Woods takes his Velocette Mk VIII through Hillberry in the 1938 Junior TT, his 9th TT victory

1938 Lightweight TT
1938 European Champion andf Lightweight TT winner Ewald Kluge at Windy Corner. The DKW was said to be the noisiest machine ever raced at the TT

Agression
Tommaso Omobono Tenni at Windy Corner in the 1937 Lightweight TT. A factory Moto Guzzi rider from 1933 to 1948, the 37 Lightweight was his only TT win

A Spanish / French combination
Marcel 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 Norton
A 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 racing
In 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

A replica - for six and three quarter laps
In 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

Mountain Milestones - the first 60, 70, and 80 mph laps
Jimmy Simpson might have only won one TT, but his role in TT history is for being the first rider to lap at 60 (1924 Junior), 70 (1926 Senior) and 80 (1931 Senior)

Manx Legend: John Crasher White
The Mountain Course used to abound with bridges and jumps. This is John Crasher White making a front-wheel landing on the railway bridge at Union Mills in the 1934 Senior Manx

1934 Lightweight TT
After riding 25 TT races, with many leaderboard places, Jimmy Simpson finally rode this Lightweight Rudge to a maiden win

Charlie Dodson was an accomplished competitor in the Island on two and four wheels. In addition to wins in the 1928 and 1929 Senior TTs, he finished second in the Mannin Moar car race in a MG Magnette

Weighing in the big Velo
The pit pundits ponder his chances as Stanley Woods checks in the 500 Velocette that he rode into second place in the 1937 Senior TT

Chris Tattersall - racer / manufacturer
Chris 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

1936 Junior TT
Ted Mellors (Mk VIII KTT Velocette) takes a tight line at Quarter Bridge, Ted finished third to Freddie Frith and Crasher White (Nnortons)

Go, Go, Go! - 1935 Mannin Moar
You can alamost hear Murray Walker setting the scene as the field leaves the grid on Douglas Promenade. The winner was Brian Lewis (Bugatti, 7)

George Formby in No Limit
George 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)

Jimmy Guthrie in the race of the decade
Jimmy Guthrie rounds Parliament Square, Ramsey in the 1935 Senior TT. Leading Stanley Woods (Guzzi) by 26 seconds going into the last lap

1935 Lightweight TT
10-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

Freddie Dixon - 2, 3 and four-wheel TT winner
Freddie Dixon was an unconventional mechanical genius. He designed and built the banking Douglas sidecar on which he won the 1923 Sidecar TT

Bray Hill - in reverse
Ferrddie 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

Racing Rituals
In a Manx Grand Prix and TT career that spanned 7 years, John Crasher White only lived up to his nickname twice, both times in the Manx

Mike the Bikes Dad
In the 1930s, Stan Hailwoodwas an accomplished motor racer. This shot shows him at the 1933 Tourist Tropy, racing his MG Midget whch had been prepared for him by the factory

Ramsey Town Hall - twice removed
More a social history pic than just a picture of Ernie Thomas (Velocette). The wonderful Victorian Ramsey Town Hall and fire station, built in 1895

The Mechanical Marvel
Syd Gleave gave the Excelsior Mechanical Marvel its sole Island win in the 1933 Lightweight TT, beating runner-uo Charlie Dodson (New Imperial) by two munites and twenty seconds

1933 Mannin Moa
The Rt Hon. Brian Lewis - 2nd Baron Essendon rounds Government Offices to head up Bucks Road during the first Mannin Moar race in 1933

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

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