(13-07-2009, 05:25 PM)Malcolm Wrote:

Bill Ivy at the Hairpin with some star stuck fans

In this treasured photograph, there is a certain Mr. Eric Corkish somewhere.

Come on Eric, out with it, what's the story here then ?

well the story is my brother (nearest Bill Ivy ) pushed me out of the way when the pic was taken i was about 11 my brother 12 the other guys were our mates all still around
I remember it well soon as we saw him we were on the inside of the hairpin off we went up the road towards Waterworks out of sight of the marshalls then legged it across the road
Ran up through the trees and back down on to the outside of the hairpin only problem was the copper had seen us on the inside 10 minutes earlier so we got well and truly bollacked
But it was worth it for the photo next to Bill Ivy
On a similar note dont know what year maybe someone can tell what year this is we were out just Sulby side of Glen Tramman for a morning race when Dave Simmonds riding number 1 brokedown right where we were sitting out of sight of any marshalls anyway a TM stopped and got his detail of retirement and went so we were left sitting with this star for the morning
We asked if we could have the numbers of his bike to put on our backs but he said they all went to someone in his family so we could not have them so that was ok
Towards the end of the race out came our dinner some very nice food for us 2 and i guess it was to good because we walked away with the number 1s on our backs and Dave Simmonds was no longer hungry