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Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:01 pm
by Ihateyoubutler
Just a few pics I found. Shows how many people used to go.Sorry about the quality, 30 years ago etc.

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Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:26 pm
by nigesx200
i wonder were all those scoots are now? :shock:

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:53 pm
by joespeed
any sprinting pictures of this era?
regards
joe

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:57 pm
by 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.

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:54 pm
by 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.

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 9:37 pm
by 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

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:36 pm
by 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 :cry:i always parked up outside the palace hotel/pub with everyone else.

cheers geoff

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:49 pm
by 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

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:47 am
by 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.

Re: Baiting dam 1979ish

Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:30 pm
by 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