Please havaluke at the write-up Bill Snelling got on the BBC website....

Well Done Bill, and good luck with your excellent new book "The History of the Clubmans TT Races 1947-1956" which has reminded me of the riders of my initiation era, Lou Carr, Alan Jefferies, Ewen Haldane, Frank Perris, Arthur Lavington and of course Geoffrey Duke.

The "Clubmans" was a series of races which are almost forgotten these days and therefore have deserved such a book to show what the full TT programme was like in those days.

I have a copy, thank you Bill, and have already tears in my eyes remembering these famous names who started off their TT careers as "Clubmen".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/isleofman/content/a...ture.shtml

Thanks for the shout Ian; the main instigator for the Clubman's book was Fred Pidcock, he wrote the comprehensive text which allowed me to use a lot of nice pics from the FoTTofinder archives.
Nice cover for your book Ian, can't wait to read the whole story!

I read this last week, and apologise to Bill - I meant to send a message saying how good it was to see some sensible comments - as ever from Bill.

Good to see the comment underneath the article from "Ben" who is a newcomer to the IOM and in the financial sector, and loves the TT.
The good thing about Bill's books are that they are accurate.

Another headline for Cargo.
"Nothing Lax about the Lad from Laxey"