I am trying to trace details of a rider/bike that raced in the ATT in the late 1920s. His name was L A Hutchings and there are various details of events in which he competed on the TT race database website.

In particular, he was 3rd on a Velocette in the Junior ATT in 1929. The reason that I am enquiring is that I have possibly acquired his bike (this was a Velocette KTT 55 sold to a C S Hutchins in Dover in March 1929). I do know that a Susanna Hutchins lived at the delivery address of the bike and that she had a son, aged 30 in 1929, by the name of Leonard. But, so far, I have been unable to find a positive connection between the bike and L A Hutchins.

I have been in contact with various people in the IOM to research this and the last was Bill Snelling. Bill said that no significant data on racers/bikes was routinely recorded in 1929, so that drew a blank. However he did mention that an Allan Hutchings rode in the TT from 1963 to 1969. I have contacted the TT riders association to try and find out if Allan Hutchings is still around as he might be related.

Anyway, does anyone have any information at all on a L A Hutchings that raced Velocettes in the late 1920s? Full name? Age? Where he came from? anything?

Thanks

Richard