Brian Denis | 18 October 2024 |
Epilogue: "The rest of the story" or "How a 20 year old bodge came back to bite me".
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T Mason | 17 October 2024 |
The other thing that sticks in my mind from 1968 was the price of a brand new BSA Bantam. £126 10s. |
Rodney C "Rocky" von Dullen | 17 October 2024 |
Paul,
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David Cox | 17 October 2024 |
I well recall the woman in the local record shop had little piles of 3/4d counted out ready on a shelf so she could give change from a ten-bob note in the rush on a Saturday morning when we'd all dive down to buy the latest single....Dave |
T Mason | 17 October 2024 |
Grey, you had me questioning my memory there but your mate confirms my numbers. |
Greybeard | 17 October 2024 |
Trev,I've had to accept that my memory has had a good wobble. |
T Mason | 17 October 2024 |
Yep we had those round heaters too and paraffin lamps until I was about six as we didnt have electric until then. |
paulh4 | 17 October 2024 |
It's not uncommon to have an engine earth strap on RBs, the gearbox strap is a right pain to deal with compared to the engine strap on CBs! |
paulh4 | 17 October 2024 |
Yes inside as per the image I posted, with the 'straight' part sticking through the bulkhead into the engine compartment.
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anamnesis | 17 October 2024 |
Yeah I remember those parafin macines too and the soaked ground round them. Remember the heaters? When we were kids, mum used to carry a lighted one (we had two, like these) from the living room into our bedrooms at nights, on very cold winter nights, to 'take the chill off'. And then back to the living room. Imagine if she'd tripped. Our ceilings were kind of blackened. But I only noticed it when... |
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