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Author: Stuart Owen
Design: Burda Druck India Pvt. Ltd.
Publisher: Steve O’Hara
Published by: Mortons Media Group Ltd, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincolnshire LN9 6JR Tel. 01507 529529
Printed by: William Gibbons and Sons, Wolverhampton
ISBN: 978-1-911639-95-4
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Introduction
While the 1950s may have been the decade when scooters became established, it was during the 1960s that the culture surrounding them began to express
itself. What caused it is open to debate, but there is no denying that this was the decade when everything happened, and scooters played an important part in that history Most people will refer back to the mod era and the scooter’s central role within it, yet even so, things were heating up beforehand and well after the movement was over.
One thing is for certain – as the years rolled on the changes within scooter ownership and the scene that evolved around it went through many stages Much of this history has already been well documented in text over the years and so the idea of this book, and those in the series that follow, is to tell it differently. As the saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words and this is the story of 1960s scootering told through images.There are captions giving general explanations but it’s the photographs themselves which encapsulate that era in time and tell the real tale of how it all happened
PICTURE CREDITS AND THANKS
Gordon Beer, Len Chandler, Chas de Lacy, Rod Doller, Peter Daltrey, Steven Ganderton, Gregg Havler, Les Herridge, John Webster, Eric Jones, Ian Johnson, Norrie Kerr, John Lethbridge, Phil Mays, Duncan McKenzie, Richard Oswald, Frank Osgerby, Dom Peall,Terry Rayson,Tony Rice, Steve Saffin, Dan Spannraft, Ray Thoroughgood, Bob Wilkinson, Fred Willingham, Brian Womersley and the team at Mortons Archive
Onlookers seem bemused as a Lambretta Series 2 is put through its paces
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Who said advertising needs to be done on a big budget? Preparing a photoshoot for the Velocette Viceroy
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John Webster’s grandma and aunt showing him that Lambretta ownership was part of family life
The official DKR team ride in unison at the 1960 Isle of Man rally
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Preparing the Lambretta Li 125 for a magazine shoot by laying it up against a painter’s dust sheet
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Derek Guy, secretary of the British Lambretta Owners Association, with a friend on top of the Simplon Pass in the Swiss alps
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The Li 150 being sedately driven on a road test, but the correct protective clothing is still worn of course
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An AA publicity shot showing how the scooter owner could be recovered in the event of a breakdown
On the other hand, the RAC would send out a scooter to help you
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Vespa riders in a show of strength as they arrive at the Isle of Man rally
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Lambretta riders showing they were the kings of any high street
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A nervous learner and her instructor demonstrating the new dual control Lambretta
