Baiting dam 1979ish

[Ihateyoubutler]

Just a few pics I found. Shows how many people used to go.Sorry about the quality, 30 years ago etc.

[nigesx200]

i wonder were all those scoots are now?

[joespeed]

any sprinting pictures of this era?
regards
joe

[butch]

Great photos of a typical Dam hill climb. I was at this meet as thats my red rally in picture 5 to the right in front of the lime green lambretta. Also on pic 2 guy with beard is Pete Merchant from Rochdale.

[Ihateyoubutler]

Does anyone remember the lad from Birkenhead who was there who rode his scoot with his broken leg in plaster? 1979 was a good year,Rhyl (where are you maggot?) and, of course, Southend was most enjoyable. Well, the 8 hours or so that we managed to stay there was before being ejected by the spg.
Happy days.

[mann712]

Hi mate I have some pictures of the 1979 Southend rally taken the next day after the police incident before they threw us out. Did you ride back home with us and stay in the barn on the way home. I still have the small aluminium Lambretta club badge. I also have various photos of weekends in Rhyl 1978/9 did you stay in the barn in Abergele which over the years ended up as a bomb site.
Timo
Cloud 9 Birkenhead

[high plains.......]

Timo....any chance of putting the rhyl pics up from 78/79..... have you got any from rhyl in 74/75/76 . i was a regular there every bank holiday and cloud 9 ( chrome tape on the open face helmets )were always there,but i never took any pics i always parked up outside the palace hotel/pub with everyone else.

cheers geoff

[mann712]

Hi Geoff have a look at the Cloud 9 web site go to photobucket a couple of my old photos are on there as well as some old club patches
Timo

[Ihateyoubutler]

Alright Timo, I think we rode back from southend without stopping,just wanted to go home.Still got my entrance ticket and plaque etc.Dossed out at Abergele a few times and did stop in and old barn if I remember.Got loads more pics to put up when I get round to it.
Are you going on the Wrexham ride out this sunday? If you are I'll see you there.
Stu.

[mann712]

Hi Stu hopefully, just rebuilt my 200 with a 225 top end and need to run it in would prefer to stay local for a couple of miles in case of problems only done 4 miles at present will see. Did you go to Rhyl when there was all the trouble with the hells angels when the police where trying to stop any one getting in with road blocks. We where turned back a couple of times before we found a back road and spent the day hanging round by the fair waiting for the great unwashed to turn up. Happy days.
Timo