by Colin Thompson | Feb 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Saw Mr George Turnbull out walking last evening – he is out walking most days really, but this time I stopped to chat with him. George is the oldest living ex rider from the Buck’s Hill Scramble days and will turn 98 in July this year. Walking (with a...
by Colin Thompson | Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
With all the electronic set up for our newspapers etc it is interesting to look back and see how our papers were set up in the 50s etc when they used lead blocks for illustrations. In a pile of Ariel parts I bought years ago I found this lead block used in an...
by Colin Thompson | Jan 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Today is the 92nd Birthday of one of the early Mount Gambier Motor Cycle and Light Car Club members, Harry Vause. Harry is the only remaining member of the trio that, in late 1951, walked a 40 acre rough bush block/worked out quarry site with Frank McNamara, to check...
by Colin Thompson | Jan 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Not all the Mount Gambier Motor Cycle and Light Car Club activities revolved around racing, casual rides often being enjoyed too. This is a Kevin Lock photo and in the 1958 photo left to right most of the participants are named – they are as recorded: Peter...
by Colin Thompson | Jan 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
One hundred and ten years ago (1913) according to Sth Australian registration records there were 42 motorcycles registered locally, bringing the total to 122 motorcycles registered in Mount Gambier. Adelaide manufacturer Lewis Cycle Works had a depot here and were...
