This is a wonderful atmospheric shot of a TT weigh-in as it used to be. At first I had to convince myself that it wasn't a modern day parade scene, as you don't often get colour photos from this era with such a clear quality, but the clothes, painting -on of race numbers, the white overalls of the scrutineer, the car in the background, all point to very early 60's. And is that an Ariel Square Four parked against the fence?
The gentleman on the bike, obviously the rider, looks like he could be a member of the Mafia, and initially I have been thinking along the lines of Italian riders of the era. But how many of them rode 7R's?
So, being a Cargo question, there was always a chance that he may be an Ulsterman. A quick flit through my old programmes uncovered the fact that in the 1961 Junior TT, Billy McCosh finished 22nd at 89.01 mph gaining a Silver replica and riding an AJS 7R. His riding number that day? 66!
Am I getting warm ? And did Bill send it to you? If I'm hopelessly wrong, no problem. A cracking picture and I enjoyed trying to solve it!