I'm guessing but was that named after the racing circuit at Thruxton? 

If so I shoot clays a few hundred yards from the circuit most Thursdays. 

This is a 1967, which my Dad bought in 1969 with about 1200 miles on the clock, now has around 53,000 miles.  He had several others he bought new, but kept this one.

 Approx 1100 were built from 1965 to 1971. Dad had the last machine made, he was the Canadian distributor when the factory closed.  He had that machine still in the crate until the early 1980’s. I know who the current owner is and it still has not been ridden.

It’s a great machine for these twisty mountain roads. 

Whilst I knew Robert in a professional level we weren't friends as such but I was rather surprised to note that after his death from cancer in 2015 his friend, one Jay Leno bought some of his collection which unsurprisingly also consisted of Leica cameras. 

Robert kept a Brough at the bottom of his stairs in his house in Sandbanks Poole a friend noted who was one of his wedding guests. 

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What store was that?

I worked for "Reids Of Haslemere" for a while. Oh the "Mr Reid (Don)" stories I could tell! Raymond was the spun off Reids photo from Reids pharmacy.

Shamu, it was the London Camera Exchange, we had a branch in Guildford as did Raymond Reid.

I worked in Salisbury, Bournemouth, Fareham and finally back to Salisbury with LCE.  

IIRC Raymond Reid was going to give the PDA (Photographic Dealers Association) a talk on running a successful business but shortly before he was going to do it he went bust! 

Yeah, he took over that from another company that went T/U. "Cambridge Canmera", maybe? There were 3 stores, Guilford, Birmingham & another one I don't remember in the Home Counties, doubling Reids from 3 to 6. I forget who, they had a red iris diaphragm as the logo & imported Exa/Exakta into the U.K.

Didn't LCE also have branch in Bristol? On Broad St maybe?

Our Assistant Manager jumped ship & went to them "Before The Fall".

Raymond wanted an "American Business Model", that was one reason why Don kept the pharmacy totally separate because he doubted it would work in England.

I subbed for the manager in Haslemere after his skiing accident put him in hospital for several months. Beautiful area & way closer to Bisley too!

Did you have an Agfa rep called "Terry" who was a target shooter there? He was my Bisley Guru!

I'm intrigued by "Terry" being a TR shooter, I suspect he didn't do our area as our guy (John Kirby) would have lunch with us on early closing Wednesday's which his visits always (deliberately) coincided with.  

Casting my mind back I can remember being told of a photographic dealers shooting club in the early 1970's but believed it was just a group of enthusiast's who got together for just a plink. 

Back then the comedian Michael Bentine would stop at LCE Guildford with his pistols after shooting at Bisley and was happy to show them to the staff when they asked to see them, how times have changed in the UK! 

The M3 motorway has opened this part of the world up to make it far easier to get to Bisley than it was in the 1970's. 

I think Terry had the South West as his area.

I'd forgotten Bentine was a shooter!

You're right times have changed & How!

Even here in the U.S.

I remember buying a No4Mk1(T) at a gun show in Allentown, PA in the mis 80's.

I got the rifle, some ammo a few chargers & a sling & was leaving the show with the slung rifle over my shoulder as I didn't find a case. The cop doing security asked to see it & I showed him. When he asked why I was so nervous I said "Because if I did this in the U.K. I'd be under arrest by now"! His reply was "Welcome to the land of the Brave & the home of the free"! Do you know where the local range is?

I went back to the same show a couple of years back & got the whole "fish eye thing" because I exited the building to go for a smoke!

Walked out with a cut down Enfield and a Carcano carbine with my children holding my hands. Two rifles on one of my shoulder, the Carcano slipped off and my oldest just put it on her shoulder and out the door we went.

Paddy, I've been told adoption agency's in the UK wont even talk to you if you own a gun of any type.

This whole thread demonstrates just how small the world really is! 

Indeed!

my friends and i were hunting with our shotguns in the cornfields and in the woods along the river , that was around 1960 so well before the ATF forms 

It's true that our freedom to enjoy our chosen sport has become an easy target for politicians trying to make a name for themselves.

But I bet that kids playing violent computer games in every spare moment will grow up with more mental health issues than someone who has been brought up with firearms and proper handling and an outdoor life.

I agree 100% on that Zed, instead of playing out of doors on beautiful warm sunny spring days like we had yesterday, they`d rather stay cooped up indoors playing video games; our next gen drone commanders I guess.

Me I was out at my first session of becoming a Handgun proficiency training, instructor/mentor.

I`ve also noticed fewer people especially kids, out and about playing and enjoying nature. Just me and my elderly neighbors, I guess when we`re gone the world will be lost, there will be no one left to tell them whats what. lol

I distinctly remember being asked what the odd diamond-shaped inset plate, with a 1/4" hole in it & a pair of springs on the sides was for. It was on the bottom of the forend was on my old BSA.22RF. An odd little tube magazine fed bolt action.

It actually allowed the cover stud on top of the windscreen of an MG Midget to be used as a rest! (don't ask)

How true.  We are fortunate here in the US, the 2nd Amendment has stopped the democrats from banning firearms all together and introducing other laws that just make it harder for us who abide by the existing laws.  

It is absolutely a mental health issue.  And the media does not help by sensationalizing the tragedies that have occurred.  Part of the plan of our extreme leftists is to not prosecute crimes with firearms, they want this to get much worse which gives them the reasons to clamp down on us gun owners even more. 

A long way from the OP, I was just enjoying a nice spring day on the old Velo. 

Love the Velocete. What a lovely day for a spin too.

This year it's still quite cold; but hopefully I will get the Jeep out of winter hibernation soon. Have do the same for the XT500 too.

Loved those times....although I wished we had a/c back then. I brought my dad's new-to -us DCM M1 carbine to show and tell. Most were in awe....until classmate friend Jimmy displayed his dad's Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag.