MVs in period motorcyle publications

[Rich Payne]

Hello Rob,

Scanners are so cheap now that there's no excuse not to share your treasures !

As you mentioned in the DR thread, the old magazines (certainly in the context of motorcycles) are a wonderful resource, even if the print quality was poor. Most of the pictures that I "discover" turn out to have been published at the time.

Here's another pair, the clearer one appeared in Roy Bacon's "Norton Singles" book - Most marque histories include a few ill-captioned WD pictures.






Many of the scans that I have from the period magazines have been swapped with friends. I do still buy Norton specific issues especially if they're early war. The last few I bought were from the Beaulieu jumble at £3 each. I don't think that I've got any doubles.

I justified it on the grounds that I could better spend my money on that than the soapy foam they call beer at the same price. Trouble was I ended up drinking the beer as well.

Rich