The Place

Sorry about quality of pic but its a old newspaper
article from Dave Smiths photo album

Brilliant that brings back some happy memories, I know its Cadwell, nobody can get that wrong. I think it was the British Championship round in 1988 and this race was televised. My late husband Mick is number 15.

I think that's right, Pat. We had some VHS footage of this round and one or two others in 1988, it was screened on Grandstand on BBC1 on a Saturday afternoon, with commentary from Murray Walker.

Thats right, i particularly remember this meeting because Mick had crashed at Charlies in practice and wrecked the fairing, with the help of Bruce Ford Dunn we used the poles of the caravan awning to support the bottom of the fairing and plenty of rivettes to piece the fairing back together, while disguising all the rivettes with the right coloured tape, on the video footage I have it did not look to bad considering. All 350 2 stroke engines in those days of course!

Mick went on to win the British Championship that season, clinching the title at Scarborough, it was a close dice between Mick, Eddie Wright and Andre Witherington all season.

I might have been there with Gary Golder.

Pat i think you have date bang on judging by other articles in album.
i can not even remember what i was doing last month let alone twenty years ago.
Few more bits in Daves album , if its ok with him i will
upload a few more pics when i have scanned them

come on get on with it mate

That would be good.

Hello Pat
Andy Wilson here!!!!! Eddys old side kick
yup deff cadwell and i remember as if it was yesterday
good old days!
remember mick's off in practice, and the race in full still got the paper cliping in my scrap book
and had a video off the tv but dont know where it is any more!
think Ed nd me broke the lap rec three times in the race once murry got the names correct lol
hope your ok and the girls
good old days eh!

Thats right we did break the lap record, and I think we did well in the race too.They were good days I often think about them.
Its good now too, different but still good !

Andy
I have still got the video tape and often watch it for sentimental reasons now of course, the girls are good thanks, are you coming to the sidecar reunion in January

I hope he's coming !

Would have loved to have come Any tickets left for a grate crasher
Eddy tried to contact me but think all tickets had gone!
SO if any one can not make it and has a SPARE ONE!!!!
i will pay for it and be there, if not i will skip the meal and join the party as a gate crasher
Good old days!

Hello DAD! it was our first win of the year and on TV
dint we do well!!!!

Andy, get yourself to Mallory on boxing day and come for a cuppa. your always welcome in the Chandler camp.

you'd be amazed how many people you see from the old days.

or better still come to the southern in july. I know mick and mucky beadspread are going. me n our kid are doing it. should be fun.

john