Olivers Mount. Any memories to share?

Greg are they still in your photo bucket library?

Someone after an off at Mere, lid looks like Gary Linghams

I can ask him, if you like?

I can ask him, if you like?

Greg are they still in your photo bucket library?

Dunno, I'll have a look later, cheers.

Just spotted an advert in this January's Old Bike Mart that might interest you Olivers Mount fans! 

Someone has for sale EVERY Olivers Mount programme from 1947 - 2010!

He doesn't mention a price. Telephone number in the advert is: 01287 623718.  

Just spotted an advert in this January's Old Bike Mart that might interest you Olivers Mount fans! 

 

Someone has for sale EVERY Olivers Mount programme from 1947 - 2010!

 

He doesn't mention a price. Telephone number in the advert is: 01287 623718.  

He wants £500 for the lot but there's a load on e-Bay, I've just bought the July '76 for a fiver cos I'm in it.

Greg

Edited by greg1953, 05 January 2014 - 19:08.

He wants £500 for the lot .......

 

 

Ouch !

(I bitterly regret flogging my programme collection a few years ago, which went back to 1965 and included 12 Race of the Years - but so glad I kept every programme that I was in!).

I have a copy , but sorry it is to good a book to sell , but £16 doesn't seem to be excessive to me , and you could always sell it afterwards , but somehow don't think you would want to ..........................

£16 doesn't seem to be excessive to me , and you could always sell it afterwards , but somehow don't think you would want to ..........................

Edited by CharleyFarley, 09 February 2014 - 19:05.

I raced at Scarborough only twice,

Not sure which years?

Over the hump at least that is what we called it,

i got it wrong and was shot through the screen on my 350 hit the front wheel and was bounced back into the saddle, what skill!,

Bernie Frost did the exact same maneuver in front of me at Brands hatch Bemsee meeting before going on to win the race. 

Anyway i digress, I came round on the next lap about 50mph slower  and went over the hump, bump whatever  it was and the crowd clapped, glad THEY enjoyed it

Picture  of some unknown going over the hump thingy

Edited by BillPentelow, 13 February 2014 - 20:21.

Can anyone imagine the GP boys of today racing at the mount?

The pits would be a bit chokker

Can anyone imagine the GP boys of today racing at the mount?

 

The pits would be a bit chokker

Just room for 1 team , I reckon Bill , and that's leaving the dolly girls , corporate crap elsewhere ............................

Just room for 1 team , I reckon Bill , and that's leaving the dolly girls , corporate crap elsewhere ............................

Yes , at the most.

In motocross since the recession started there as been a switch from motor-homes to VW transporter and other similar sized vans.

Is the same thing happening in road racing?

 I have only been to one club meeting in the last few years and a couple of GP's and obviously the GP's are not suffering from recession.

Not sure , iv'e been hiring a medium size van , for a weekend , about £85 , and using the nearby Premier Inn or similar for the 3/4 times a year , a lot cheaper than buying and running a van ...........................do miss the evening paddock banter , mind 

Probably as good as anywhere to post this??
I'm looking for "Croz"......the book, guess there isn't many around as they're £16.00 second hand on Amazon.
Anyone got a copy they're prepared to sell??

Edited by CharleyFarley, 03 March 2014 - 16:24.

I first visited Olivers mount in 1951 & most years up to 63. from 59 to 63 I raced there. 2nd to Dan Shorey in '61 sharing fastest lap riding a 198cc Ducati to Dans 250 NSU Sportmax. 1962 con rod broke on penultimate lap on 250 Aer Macchi cruising in 2nd again to Dan & aiming to pounce on last lap. 1963 again on Aer Macchi, Tommy Robb on Factory Honda Twin, German Gunter Beer on a Honda 4. finished 3rd in heat (4th fastest overall) having started from last. My goggles shattered on my timed lap in practice. As fastest 18 from heats went into final I expected to be 4 on grid but no, I was on 18. Argued with Claxton but he threatened to kick me out. Tried to "jump start but hit the guy in front & fell off, picked up the bike & started again. Within 6 of the12 laps I was 2nd to Robb having passed the 4 cyl bike. Lap after lap I closed the gap, got almost alongside at Mount but risked taking us both out so had to settle for 2nd. The final kick in the teeth was being credited with sharing fastest lap with my mate Tommy on the last lap, despite closing 25 yards in that last lap, Having to roll off down the hill because there was no way past.

The best circuit I ever road on & the whole race was televised & Murray Walker was apparently jumping up & down.

The final thing to mention, can anyone give a clue where the archives to ABC TV are kept, because I have never seen myself on film.

After that season I retired

Brian Clark 

Hi Brian, Welcome to the forum, sorry I cant help with any info regarding the ATV footage, but its always worth a search on youtube as its amazing what turns up on there.

Please feel free to post your memories on here as we are always interested.

Edited by CharleyFarley, 15 March 2015 - 07:00.

Brilliant Paul - what a find !

More than a few gems on there - such as Croxford on a two-stroke! (500 Tee-Mill Kawasaki).

How about sending him an invitation to join us? (The photographer I mean, not Croxford - there again, why not invite Crox too  ).

Not sure how to contact him Barry, I've just had a look but can't see anything on his page, but that could be because I don't have a flickr account, If you are able to contact him please feel free.

.......And likewise Croxford, I think he is around on the net and has posted on youtube before, but again I don't have a youtube account myself, but it would be worth dropping him a note.

Edited by Paul Collins, 15 March 2015 - 20:44.

I found this fantastic photo collection quite by accident the other night, including a sequence from Mick Grant and John Cooper's prang over the jump in 1972, of which which I didn't know any photo's existed.

I hope the owner doesn't mind us sharing them here


https://www.flickr.c...157645116558608

Paul

That has brightened up my evening.  Some fantastic stuff there.

Brilliant Paul - what a find !
More than a few gems on there - such as Croxford on a two-stroke! (500 Tee-Mill Kawasaki).
How about sending him an invitation to join us? (The photographer I mean, not Croxford - there again, why not invite Crox too ).

This is what I saw as I was zapping through them very quickly! (In the Mallory album). Although it was captioned "Croxford" it's obviously not him !

Have you looked at the other albums apart from Scarborough Paul? The Cadwell album is very good!

This is what I saw as I was zapping through them very quickly! (In the Mallory album). Although it was captioned "Croxford" it's obviously not him !

Have you looked at the other albums apart from Scarborough Paul? The Cadwell album is very good!

 

That design on the helmet looks like Croxfords.

Greg

Seems I was right first time, because if you Google "croxford" and "kawasaki" - a Morton's photo of Croxford on that very bike will come up! (I didn't want to reproduce the photo here and risk the wrath of Mortons!). Then when I looked a second time, I thought it was an "imposter" with a Croxford helmet because I didn't think it looked much like him!  

Well there you go  !   

PS: Parading, rather than racing I think, which explains it!

Is anyone here on Facebook (Paul and myself aren't believers!) - if so, perhaps they can try and make contact with this chap and invite him to join us? (Or at least get his permission to use his pictures). He is Keith Nunns from Wakefield.

Edited by knickerbrook, 17 March 2015 - 17:30.

I'm pretty certain Croxford did ride an H1R in the early 70's, around the same time he had a Seeley framed BSA 3 and if I remember correctly those were the leathers he wore.  This was just before he got the ride with the JPN team.

Edited by Robin127, 17 March 2015 - 18:19.

Ah I see what you mean now Barry, I was looking at the photo of Dudley Robinson at Scarborough and never got as far as the other albums

I'll take another look through the rest.

Some fantastic Cadwell shots there!!

How nice to see the hairpin and Barn Corner as I remember them, with the cottage and the Barn still there, when I used to Marshal around there in the 70's we used to open the gate to let the bread van and postman deliver to the cottage between the morning practice sessions.

They're all great albums - lots of variety too. Photo of the Never ready at Silverstone springs to mind...

I'm pretty certain Croxford did ride an H1R in the early 70's, around the same time he had a Seeley framed BSA 3 and if I remember correctly those were the leathers he wore.  This was just before he got the ride with the JPN team.

Robin, I bought this H1R at the end of 1972 from Reg Thomas of T-Mill Tours. He also had a driving school in Clapham and sponsored Dave on it. Ex-Martin Carney; Dave hated it.

So did I.

Tom

Hi I run the Oliver's Mount unofficial Fan page on Facebook, we have close to 6k group members (since I created the group in Sept 2014) and over 5k pictures (from 60's to present day). We have members who raced there past/present, toggers, fans etc etc

Please could I share some of the pictures and stories from this thread? or you may wish to join us.

Many Thanks

Joel

p.s. I found those Keith Nunns pics (I approached him and he allowed me to publish them in my group, he doesn't do FB)

Edited by OliversMount, 04 January 2016 - 14:30.

Hi Joel ,

Since my earlier post of last March on this thread, I have reluctantly joined the dreaded Facebook - purely for the motorcycle racing nostalgia content (of which there is much!). However, I have in no way abandoned my loyalty to this excellent forum and nothing would please me more than to see it flourish again !

So I will certainly have a butchers at your group on FB - and if you are ever in touch with Keith Nunn, please pass on my appreciation of his photographs!

Cheers,

Barry.  

Hi Joel, i'm sure you would be most welcome to share any of this thread with the facebook group.

I don't do FB myself but i'd be delighted, as would many others, if likewise you could post some of the FB group photo's over on this thread too.

PS, my first TZ came from Dowsons in Scarborough, and was the ex Mike Dowkes TZ350A

I may have mentioned some of these memories before but I've been a regular at Olivers Mount since '72...Saarinen & Ago in '72, Barry Scully's big crash over the jump, not sure when, '73 ish ? Jamie Whitham wrestling the Durex Suzuki to win '88 ish ?  John Webb & Geoff Barry's battle..can't remember when but it was '70s.

Bad memories too, Phil Haslam's fatal in '74, Steve Layton's in July'76  R.I.P.    On the whole enjoyable days.

Greg

P.S did a few laps last Summer on my mates MV 800 triple, pretending I was Ago

Cheers Knickerbrook and Paul

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