GeoffCapes
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Pic of the day
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Men were too, if that's your thing!
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We don't mention the non existent Mars bar! There's a really good book about the Redlands drug bust by Simon Wells, it gives a forensic account of what did and didn't happen on that fateful weekend. It happened because a News Of The World journo mistook Brian Jones for Mick Jagger in a dark and dingy nightclub....
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If he mistook Brian for Mick how did he end up at Keith’s?
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Crikey. Looks like it’s got a Lamborghini front end.
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They got directions from Bill and Charlie but got the map upside down
. It was only by sheer bad luck that the rozzers didn't manage to bag George and Patti Harrison during the bust as well as Mick and Keith, the couple were just leaving Keith's place in their blacked out Cooper S as the old Bill were hiding behind a hedge, ready to knock on the door.
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That bicycle is about on a par with Hamilton’s scooter!
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David Purley (1945 - 1985)
Purley was awarded the George Medal for the bravery he displayed in attempting to rescue Williamson. Williamson’s incinerated remains would later be cremated with his ashes being sent to an undisclosed area. In the years following the accident, fire-resistant clothing would become mandatory for all trackside marshals so that they would be able to assist in the event of a fire. The next few years also saw a noticeable increase in drivers stopping at accident sites to assist in rescue efforts, notably at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
In 2003, on the thirtieth anniversary of his fatal crash, a bronze statue of Williamson was unveiled at the Donington Park circuit in his native Leicestershire. Then-owner Tom Wheatcroft had provided financial backing to Roger Williamson and described the day Williamson died as “the saddest day of my life”.
When David Purley’s Pitts Special crashed into the sea off Bognor Regis on July 2nd, motor racing lost one of its most popular drivers. The widespread shock and grief experienced by so many was not because David Purley was a great driver, he was not though he was probably a better one than his results suggest, but because David embodied so many of the qualities which we like to think our sport represents. (ph: Motorsport, Report: Various)
Purley was awarded the George Medal for the bravery he displayed in attempting to rescue Williamson. Williamson’s incinerated remains would later be cremated with his ashes being sent to an undisclosed area. In the years following the accident, fire-resistant clothing would become mandatory for all trackside marshals so that they would be able to assist in the event of a fire. The next few years also saw a noticeable increase in drivers stopping at accident sites to assist in rescue efforts, notably at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
In 2003, on the thirtieth anniversary of his fatal crash, a bronze statue of Williamson was unveiled at the Donington Park circuit in his native Leicestershire. Then-owner Tom Wheatcroft had provided financial backing to Roger Williamson and described the day Williamson died as “the saddest day of my life”.
When David Purley’s Pitts Special crashed into the sea off Bognor Regis on July 2nd, motor racing lost one of its most popular drivers. The widespread shock and grief experienced by so many was not because David Purley was a great driver, he was not though he was probably a better one than his results suggest, but because David embodied so many of the qualities which we like to think our sport represents. (ph: Motorsport, Report: Various)
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Mike Hailwood was awarded the George Medal too for trying to pull Clay Regazzoni from his burning car.
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think she may have just spotted a wasp
Love the 70's fashions
Nice, white R107..