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A bit of reading RP, Bob
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A bit of reading RP, Bob
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It's not new, I just fell over it looking for something else
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Re: A bit of reading RP, Bob
Excellent stuff indeed and not a Morse in sight 
It is true about the sidecar family - you can stop racing but you can never, ever leave!
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Re: A bit of reading RP, Bob
I remember watching the BBC programme when Harry Carpenter got on George O'Dell's sidecar. 
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Re: A bit of reading RP, Bob
I was there, they tethered him in the chair and George tootled round, but noticed some rain on his visor at the end of the back straight so gave it a fistfull round clearways prior to coming into the pit lane you could hear Harrys screams from the pit wall
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Re: A bit of reading RP, Bob
Well, I was going to write 'the legendary Jenks' but there are so many others mentioned in this piece. Took me about twenty minutes to read it as I kept slipping into nostalgic trips
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Re: A bit of reading RP, Bob
Harry Carpenter has died today 