Our one time leader, and one you didn’t want following you, kept practicing his road racing skills well past his sell-by date and many years after he raced for real
Willie Baird, a legend & very much a nuclear Club Member died some 10+ years ago subsequent to a motorcycle accident, which fortunately did NOT seriously hurt his grand-daughter, who was riding pillion
However, for the purposes of this article, Alistair, his son sent us this picture (acquired during this year’s Irish Weekend), of his Dad competing in the North West 200 many years ago
The second item is regarding Isobel Main’s Granny, who was a Dispatch Rider during the Second World War. More information is being elicited & hopefully will be added later