There was just one photograph in my collection that fitted this week's theme. Here is my husband as a little boy on the back of his father's motor bike, which I am told was a pre-war 500cc Rudge Spurts Special.
Nowadays there is a Rudge Enthusiasts Club, dedicated to the Rudge-Whitworth Motorcycles.
No concerns in those days about health and safety and wearing crash helmets and leathers, with Neil in his school cap and coat and his Dad in a beret.
They rode all over the North of England together, including journeys from South Shields to Catterick Camp where brother Ian (below) was doing his National Service - a 120 mile round trip - so there is the army link with the prompt photo.
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I love that first photo, and how clever of you to know the make of the motorbike. I've not got a clue when it comes to things like that. It would be terrifying to see a child on the back of a bike minus helmet now, but back then it was perfectly normal.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Barbara, for your comment, But I cannot claim the clever knowledge about the bike - that was my husband's contribution - he remembered it very clearly. from his childhood.
DeleteI have no motorbike photos, so you shouldn't apologize for having only one. All the Sepians' old photos taken together paint a picture of an easy time when crash helmets were not even a thought. Your husband and father-in-law must have had grand times on that bike.
ReplyDeleteI bet Neil thought he was the ant's pants sitting on the back of Daddy's motor bike
ReplyDeleteI can't think of anyone I know who has ever owned a motorbike, unless you count the trail bikes of my daughter and her husband. I never thought of including a shot of her (and her mother posing behind her.)
ReplyDeleteAnd Neil's mother was okay with her young son riding around on the back of a motorcycle like that? I would have been tearing my hair out with worry while papa & son were having a ball zipping about the countryside. So not fair!
ReplyDeleteWe rode around without helmets, too -- isn't it funny? We never gave it a second thought...loonies, all of us!
ReplyDeleteYour motor bike photo is cute and one of the best. I would think they would have a problem with their hats blowing off.
ReplyDeleteSpot on with these photos. I bet they had great adventures together on their road trips.
ReplyDeleteI feel quite deprived that my family didn't go in for motor bikes. They look like fun,
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful photos. I don't ride a pushbike now that helmets are compulsory. I cannot wear hats or I overheat (yep I must be a hot head!)
ReplyDeleteSorry poor English. I meant to say that I really like the first photo. That is a wonderful photo!
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