spen Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 My wife has just come in from work and informed me she has a copy of the magazine feature on her computer at work. It might be of interest to some on here, I'll post it asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy999 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Spen our paths cross again this is untrue,,,,,! I worked for Len and George Gesson they lived in south witham & I lived in North Witham, They had the Fox filling station on the A1, with a car showroom, In fact I brought my first car from Len a Morris 8 series E . And yes I remember the Humber , Fred Pearce was the sales manager at the garage on the A1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Well, to use a well worn saying, 'what a small world'.... my dad retired and every day him and my mum would have a drive out, it was on one of these ventures they visited the Geeson Museum. My mum spotted the outfit first and shouted my dad to tell him their old sidecar was on show. One of the brothers came across and asked them about it and my dad filled in some missing info' and later went back with a lot of the original paperwork he still had. There's a picture of me in it as a baby at a rally in Lincoln where my dad received a prize from Titch Allen for the bike. It had a wickerwork sidecar on at that time. I seem to think my dad bought it with a flat 'tray' on the side, presumably from it's hauling days. As you say, our paths cross again...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy999 Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Do you remember the name of the person Len & George sponsored in classic road racing ? They never stopped talking about him to me as they knew I was mad on bikes, I also worked for the AA in the early 60s I have pics somewhere of me on the BSA combo. I used to patrol the A1 between grantham & Stamford South Witham was halfway between them and any breakdowns unable to be fixed on the roadside went into there garage, I spent hours with those brothers. Cheers , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 I know John Surtees rode an REG racer, (R.E. Geeson) at some point in his career, but can't think of any racer they sponsored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laird387 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hi, Earlier in this post there was mention of Mick Andrews and the early MAR Ossa models, well readers of our digital magazine may recall this fine Alan Lines image of Mick winning the 1972 Inter-centre team trial on his Spanish registered development Ossa, which was known at the time as the new whispering bike. Enjoy - and to see many more images from the 1970s and 1980s just join in.......... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hope this works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy999 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Great pic Laird , Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy999 Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Well I never, Well done Spen Thats George alright, Great memories , Thanks. Id say you never got to that museam what a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Yep, love places like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Couple more.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Another pic'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan williams Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 What a wonderful amazing thread this is. I absolutely love this stuff. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted April 3, 2017 Report Share Posted April 3, 2017 Any update, Bikeshed?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spen Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Bikeshed, I have today received a copy of the Motor Cycling magazine from 1971 with the SSDT report in. Good write up and picture of the bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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