Great Yarmouth scooter rally 1979

[slpsparks]

Those were the days :)

[timbernew1]

I went to yarmouth on my lambretta in 76, there is never any film from then!!

[stonewall1888]

i was only ten when this rally took place, being driving scooters since the grand old age of 16, now im 42 and would not have it any other way

[TheFartGallery]

Great footage well put together... shame my stuff is a tad more up to date then! :-)

[zhn0k]

LOL

[matoy77]

Picture 1 "Virgil" out of "Flight of the intruder".

[deanosoul]

great footage came from leeds on jet 225 and my mate percy on his gp 150 ktf andydean

[melvothegeek]

Arrrh, those Scunthorpe lot with their orange helmets, they did like a skirmish or two. Anyone remember the Queens hall Widnes 1980? got closed down just as it was getting started.

[cotabatokids]

That was the weekend a Biker on Regent Rd tried to split my head open with a Axe.

Copper that see it was so scared he jumped on the back of my mates Scooter and told him to go to the Police Station.

Good thing was we got free digs at the station.

[amwood1835]

Excellent piece of footage,.......cheers big Tony (woody) now Modrapheniacs SC....ex of Gorleston Grammar school class of '83,.....

[combi2go]

Woody the Keeper it's Mark Hudson class 82 now back in the fold with a GP200 at last. Still at it i see.

[philwhittle]

I joined up for service in late '79, early '80, Woody, Wooly , Keith Tucker & Riv got me involved, I think there was over 40 members then. Remember Crows Nest on Sean Fishers Stag Do? Battles on the Market Place, fighting at the screening of Quadrophenia, seafront battles with bikers- good times, formed a bond with plenty of people that will never be broken.

[125or200px]

This is an excellent post,real footage from way back.Around `79/83 the coppers did all they could to keep scooterist`s out of town,cant understand why.LOL Maybe incase there were any "greasers around". Ride safe my friends.

[waltertalkofthenorth]

Have you seen Time Trouble and Money Book made me smile. Lots of photos.

[scooterdibs]

Not heard of this book ? i remember Time, Trouble & money scoots though...and Talk o' the north Lambretta as well.

[liverpoolmod]

just love the scene and its great now the scene isnt full of youngins like meself

[hartyfarty69]

QUALITY! nice 1 for this Andy/Gary I remember this rally like it was yesterday my uncle(Chris Lingwood R.I.P) was in the sidewinders then I can see quite a few familier faces and aint that a still of Budgie at 4.05???

[scooterdibs]

My second ever scooter rally, funkin ace to see it again.

I remember you Harty....and chris.

U still in Holland ? - i ended up in Australia.

Dibsy.

[hartyfarty69]

Bloody hell Dibsy how you doing mate I was only wondering the other week what happend to you you reprobate:-) so your not living at the bottom of kings street now Im living in Sarawak Borneo its a bit different to GY I can tell you.

[PliskinLee]

As in GYGS Dibs?

[scooterdibs]

Yes GYGS, Left there in 1980 and left Yarmouth in 2000, now in Brisbane Oz.

[PliskinLee]

Certainly is. Does anybody know if he's still in GY?

[OllyFromGY]

Budgie didn't appear until 1979. The people in the clip at 4:05 are Shaun Fisher, John Morgan and his (then) wife Kim. I think I also spotted Neil Greenwood and his (then) wife Niecey (Denise) as well as Saggers (obvious).

Shaun, Neil, Andy (Saggers) and Walshy were the original Sidewinders who formed the club in 1976. This went on to grow over the next few years when I joined late 1979 (my number on my helmet was 2001 - just to confuse people). We had a membership of 35+ at this time.