The old jump at Ballaspur: any shot?
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Don, they are FANTASTIC shots! Almost touching shots, yes. Thanks.

About picture 4., I remember a shot (published on the Snelling's and Kneale's "The History of the Manx Grand Prix 1923-1998") that potrays "Crasher" White at _Union Mills Bridge_ (according to Bill's caption) in 1934 MGP. It's a place similar to that of picture 4.

About the shots from Clady, they are superbe. They were taken on the legendary 7 mile long straight of Clady, weren't they? That was a straight, perhaps the longest straight in motorcycle history, but with an incredible numbers of high speed bumps! I remember to have read an interesting tale about those jumps in an old autobiography of John Surtees (I think John was one of the few men in the history to have raced on Clady, on the TT corse, on the Le Mans circuit, and on the Madonie (Targa Florio) circuit.

About Graham. Yes, he was an hero. When I went to the isle of Man for the 2003 TT races I had a beautiful speach with an old marshal at the bottom of Bray Hill. He said me that he was just there when Graham was killed ad the start of the second lap of the 1953 Senior TT race. And he gave me his version of the accident. That of Graham was an horrifying accident. The old marshal said me that Graham hit a manhole cover on the road (just that he was indicating me!) while he was overtaking an other TT rider (Brown?). Then he fatally crashed against the walls on Quarter Bridge road, just after the bottom of Bray Hill.
As you know other version of the accident speaks of a mechanical failure of the front suspension of the MV. It's not impossible that those two versions must be logically conjuncted to obtain the truth.
24-06-2006, 12:46 PM
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[No subject] - by Bill Snelling - 22-06-2006, 10:08 PM
The old jump at Ballaspur: any shot? - by Marco - 22-06-2006, 12:50 PM
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