Thanx Pykey.....Ivy Benson, WOW that takes me back ....Everytime I see "Some Like it Hot" I think of Ivy and her band of virtuosos (And she kept them that way with chastity belts I believe !)

Also I remember standing in the Palace Ballroom with a four-pint can of beer with Mick Chatterton watching the Miss T-Shirt competition, and dancing, yes dancing, round our handbags with the local Manx totty.

The old Nobles Hospital Nurses Home...now there's a story.....X-certificate if ever there was one! I can't possibly put THAT in my book...

The TTFAN book continues to grow daily so it may come out in as many parts as the Encyclopaedia Manxanica...so watch this space. I really am draining the ageing brain for all the stories I can remember. Only the best will be published.

In our day we didn't need organised evening entertainment, we made our own, for instance, ask my mate Dougie Randall about the night of the Curry or the midnight lap with no lights, with Joey Dunlop behind in his car!!!

So many of the old haunts have gone now and that is why I suggested the replacement fot the Dougie Bay...We didn't have to drink ourselves senseless or smoke or be naughty....We had super evenings in Ramsey, Port Erin and down at the cafe at the Calf of Man end.. The Bridge pub was a good meeting point on the quayside but you can't hear yourself think there when they have a group in..The Railway was good and even better when Radio TT broadcast from there but they need to go back there instead of sitting inside a huge Arai helmet on the prom !! Please note, Mr Williams !

We had no problem getting into our B&B after midnight, after such fun as skinny-dipping opposite the Castle Mona or taking over the Port Jack chippy, we actually bribed the owner to hand over the keys to one of our party who would be responsible for them on pain of death if they were mis-used or lost...Ask my mate Dougie Randall !!


I hope my book when it is on the shelves will bring some good and happy memories to all of you, for I note the variable number of years you have all devoted to the TT so there will surely be something for you all...It should be out fairly soon ...Amulree, please I still need help !!

And now to the Manx...People think I do not acknowledge the Manx because of my love of the TT...That isn't true, I have actually entered a number of riders in the Manx and was glad to see them progress from the Manx to the TT..

Hope you all have a great and safe Manx, I'm hoping to get over if things pan out.