Motor Bikes to the Fore - Sepia Saturday

A man and woman, dressed in leather coats,  sit by their motor cycle in the latest prompt photograph  from  Sepia Saturday.

Cue for me to turn to my local heritage group Auld Earlston,  In 2017   we presented an exhibition entitled “Horses to Horse Power” looking at transport down the ages.  The resulting display included images of  enterprising women on motor bikes.  

 

The 1950s was the golden age of the motor cycle and side car    and I have memories of my uncle Harry driving one with my aunt sitting upright in a cramped sidecar.   It could mean a bumper ride with little protection against the elements. 

There was just one photograph in my family collection that fitted this week's theme  and one I have shown before .  Here  in c.1949 is my husband as the little boy on the back of his  father's motor bike, which I am told was a  pre-war 500cc Rudge Spurts Special.

 

The one feature that strikes us now about all these photographs.   - the riders were oblivious in their choice of clothing  to the potential dangers we identify today. 

 

 

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