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SELBY  SCOOTERS. ROLL OF HONOUR.

PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH SCOOTERS AROUND SELBY OVER THE LAST FORTY YEARS.

 


LATE SIXTIES EARLY SEVENTIES.
THE MAJORITY OF SCOOTER RIDERS RODE INNOCENTI LAMBRETTAS RANGING FROM LI150, SX 150, TV175,  GT200, SX200 AND GP200.
A FEW RODE VESPAS SUCH AS SS180 AND GS160.

SELBY ZODIACS
SAMMY SEAMAN

LES HEWER
DENNIS JACKLIN

MALCOLM LAVERACK
ANDY LAVERACK
MICK BROWN
RICHARD MUMBY
MICK WALTON
PHIL COTTINGLEY
JOEY WINTERS
MARTIN CARR
IAN KEEBLE
MALCOLM CHILVERS
BRIAN LEWIS
DALE POWELL
RAY KIRKLAND

STEVE GROVES
PIERRE GUIRAO
PIERRE GROVES?
JOHN PATTERSON
KENNY PRATT 
MALC WOOD 
DAVE CLARKE
MELVIN PATTERSON
ERIC HUNTER
CLIVE LOCKWOOD
MICK?
ROGER?
REG ?
RICKY?
JOCK?
KEITH WELSH (WELSHY)
LES?
 
JOHNNY HILL
NEIL SPILMAN
JOHN STARKEY
 GREG SHEPHERD 
NIGE PATRICK 
TREV FLIGG 
JOHN SWATMAN
TREV CLARKE 
RON WARNER 
MEL TOWELL
JEFF FALKINGHAM 
STEVE THEASEBY 
DAVE SAUNDERS 
MALC MOLLISON 
JOHN CAMPBELL 
DAVE HISSETT
GERAD ROUNTREE
PETE CORBALLY
BRI POLLARD
PETE SCOTT
MICK (SPIDER) PRIESTLEY
BARRY WHITE   SILVER VESPA 160 CHROME PANELS
NICK STONEFIELD              LAMBRETTA GT 200
DEREK STANSFIELD            VESPA
MIKE MCGEE                       LAMBRETTA
TODD                                   LAMBRETTA SX200
BRIAN MCNEARN (IRISH)
DAVID HARDY
TONY SLEIGHT
DEREK WARD

 

HEMINGBOROUGH SC
KELVIN WETHERELL 
KEN RAWLINGS 
ERIC BEEVERS 
JOHN HILTON 
STEVE SHARLOTTE 
PAUL O'DRISCOLL 
DAVE NEWBY 
BOB YOUNG 
PETE TYMON

THE BANANA SPLITS
KENNY RAWLINGS
CHRIS BURROWS
STEVE SHARLOTTE


THEY USED TO MEET AT THE BOY AND BARREL AND BLACKAMOOR AT DINNER TIMES AND IN THE EVENINGS. RIDEOUTS WERE FROM THE MARKET PLACE. NORTHERN SOUL NIGHTS WERE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS AT THE GYPSY MOTH AND THE MUSEUM HALL. THERE WAS REGULAR RIDEOUTS TO THE COAST PARTICULARLY BRIDLINGTON IN THE SUMMER TIME. THE ZODIACS SCOOTER CLUB WAS FORMED IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. OTHER CLUB ACTIVITIES WOULD INCLUDE TRAVELLING TO THE HEARTBEAT DISCO IN YORK AND THE SELBY FORK MOTEL BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DRINK/DRIVE LAWS THEY WOULD ALSO REGULARLY RUN OUT TO SCARBOROUGH WITH THE SCOOTERISTS FROM YORK
. THE HEMINGBOROUGH SC RAN FROM 1969 TO 1972/3 SOME MEMBERS WOULD FORM THE BANANA SPLITS WHO WERE A SHORT LIVED CLUB 73-74.

WE RECIEVED THE FOLLOWING EMAIL FROM MEL TOWELL, EX SELBY ZODIACS.
IN THE LATE 60S EARLY 70S MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHERS RODE WITH THE SELBY ZODIACS, I NOTICED A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE ERIC HUNTER IS ON YOUR LIST, OTHERS THAT WERE ALSO MEMBERS WERE DAVID HARDY,TONY SLEIGHT, DEREK WARD, JUST TO MENTION A FEW. OUR SCOOTERS COVERED THE WHOLE RANGE AVAILABLE ,MINE WAS A SX200 LEFT AS STANDARD ALTHOUGH IT DID HAVE THE USUAL ARRAY OF MIRRORS ETC, NEVER BROKE DOWN AND BROUGHT ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND ,NOW MY WIFE HOME FROM THE COAST IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER. I HAVE A PHOTO WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THE ZODIAC NAME ON THE BUBBLE FLY SCREEN OF DAVE HARDY'S GP200. WE USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE SOUL NIGHTS IN SELBY AND LIKEWISE THE SELBY FRATENITY REPAID US BY VISITING OUR SOUL DANCES WHICH WERE HELD IN KELLINGLEY CLUB, AND ALSO KNOTTINGLEY CENTRAL CLUB. WE HAD SOME FANTASTIC TIMES AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I AM SURE IF YOU ASK THE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE CLUB SOMEONE IS BOUND TO REMEMBER US. ALTHOUGH I AM 55 I STILL RIDE A VESPA PX WHICH I HAVE OWNED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND STILL INTO THE NORTHERN SOUL SCENE WITH MY WIFE PATRICIA, IT IS TRUE THAT ONCE SCOOTERING GETS IN YOUR BLOOD ALONG WITH THE WHOLE SOUL SCENE YOU NEVER LOSE IT ,IT IS A WAYOF LIFE.


THE SELBY OKEH SCOOTER CLUB ERA. 1975 TO 1978.

A MIXTURE OF SCOOTERS RANGING FROM POPULAR VESPA ELECTRONIC 200’S, SERVETA JET 200’S, INNOCENTI LI150’S, GP150’S, SX200’S AND GP200’S.

GRAHAM (DAV) DAVIS
DEREK BONE
CARL GAWTRY
DEREK COOPER
MELVIN EDGELEY
TREVOR KIRKLAND
MICK ROWBOTTOM
STEVE COOK
GRAHAM MARSHALL
PAUL BELL
DAVE WHITE
DAVE PERSEL
MICK PEARSE
STEVE PEARCE

TREVOR POWELL
TREVOR FLACK
MICK COOPER

JEZ HORNER
MICK HOLMES
PETE ROWBOTTOM
ANDY POLLARD
CHRIS POLLARD
JOE PROCTOR

BOXO (CAWOOD)
MICK PRIESTLEY
TERRY SWASH
SOOTY POWELL

JOHNNY TYMON

LYNNE TYMON
GEOFF BROWNBRIDGE
TICKER TYMON
RICHARD BONE
RAY MC’DONALD
DALE BANKS
KEVIN SWASH
ADE FLACK
SUE FORSYTH
KEVIN WEBB
 
DAVE (TICH) ROWBOTTOM
GRAHAM CANTY
STEVE HOLT
PETE MCGURK

JULIE CONNELL, JOANNE ROWBOTTOM, JEANE FROST, JOY COOPER, JULIE BIRCH, KAREN WELBURN, LORRAINE ROBSON, GINA FAULKES, JEZZ HORNE, CATHY HOWLEY, JOANNE PERSIL, MANDY GREEN, LORRAINE ROMANIEU, SALLY HEINZ, ADI DUNDAS, SYLVIA TATE.


THE OKEHS WAS FORMED IN OCTOBER 1975. THIRTEEN MEMBERS FROM SELBY, CARLTON AND OTHER VILLAGES MET IN THE ROSE AND CROWN ON ONE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN RODE TO THE COFFEE POT (POISON CAFÉ) ON GOWTHORPE. WE HAD MEETINGS EVERY THURSDAY AT THE ROSE AND CROWN AND THEN ON TO DISCO’S AT THE BOY AND BARREL.


THE SELBY TOP RANK SCOOTER CLUB ERA. 1978 TO 1990.

BARRY TATE
MICK RICHARDSON
KENNY BOTTOM
ROSS FORBES
TIM COPE
SHAUN WELBURN
NICKY KETTLEY
TONY VOLLANS
ALLAN HOARDSLEY
GARY MCDONALD
DEREK COOPER
DAVE TOMLINSON
DAVE BEESTON

TREV MOSELY
KENNY FAULKES
JIMMY FAULKES
CHRIS HOLLICK
MICK CONNELL
RAY CUMISKEY

SHOUI FORSYTH
JIMMY FORSYTH
ALEX FORSYTH
ALFRED
TONY MCDONAGH
GRAHAM SHOOTER
ANDY WILSON
STEVE REID
STEVE (GINA) DAVIS
ADI CARR
TONY CARR  
PAUL HARRISON

MARK RILEY
CHRIS BANKS
WAYNE LOWRY
BILLY COPLEY
MARTIN FITZGERALD
DAVE MACMILLAN
GEORGE "CHED" COOPER
BRIAN "CAM" VAREY
MICKEY VAREY
RICK HANNIFORD
CHRIS "TAFF" THOMAS
SIMON SCOTT
STEVE MARSH
PAUL (BUGSY) PARKES
IAN HANNIFORD
MICK OUTHWAITE
NIGEL CARR
RICHARD HOPKINS
NICK BUTLER
AL BUNDY
ANDY MAPPLEBECK
ANDY WRIGHT
PAUL HAMPSHIRE
ANTHONY LEWIS
KEITH RICHARDSON
JASPER
STU THOMAS
TRACEY MARSHALL
PAUL "HOPPERS"  HOPKINS

 

SHORTY
ROBERT LANCASTER
ALAN KELSEY
ADAM LYONS
JOHNY SCOTT
MICK COFFEE
GARY POWELL

ADI SHOUZSHOUK
PLUM SHOUZSHOUK
NICOLA HUTTON
SHERIDAN SCOTT
SAMANTHA POOL
KEN RANSLEY
GLEN RAMSKILL
ROBERT WALTON
CHRIS SCOTT
DAZ BYGRAVE
STEVE WHITEHEAD
KEITH MULLINS
MARTIN COULT
KAREN COULT
KATHLEEN WAIN
PAULA WELBURN
TRACEY HALL
RICHARD PEARSON
SIMON PRIESTLEY
PAUL COOK

 

THE STRSC STARTED WHEN THE OKS FINISHED IN 78 AND 79 AND CONTINUED WELL INTO THE 90’S. THE SCOOTER SCENE QUIETENED DOWN IN THE 90’S, ALTHOUGH BARRY TATE AND BOB FRANKS ATTEMPTED TO GENERATE SOME INTEREST WITH THE THREE SWANS SCOOTER CLUB.


THE SELBY MOVING TARGETS SCOOTER CLUB ERA.
FEB 2004 TO DATE

TONY VOLLANS
STEVE, CHRISTINE, VICTORIA AND CHRISTOPHER COOK.
MARTIN AND LISA FOSTON
SCOOTER STU

BARRIE AND DEBBIE TATE
BOB AND LYN FRANKS
BILL AND LYNDA EASTWOOD
DARRELL AND CARRIE WINSTANLEY
DEREK AND JOY COOPER.
NIGEL AND PAULINE CARR
RICHARD HOPKINS
ANDY AND JANE WRIGHT  
MARK HINCHCLIFFE
RICHARD HOPKINS
ANDY AND JANE WRIGHT
STU AND ANNETTE MITCHELL

PAUL MAZ HARRISON
WAYNE AND JOANNE HARRISON
DARREN CAHILL
DENNIS JACKLIN
NOEL COX
DAVE BEESTON AND SHEILA
MARK WALKER
STEVE BONE
STEWART REED
MAL AND JORDAN PATTERSON
TONY AND HAZEL MACDONAGH
DAVE AND ANGIE MOUGHAN
MICK AND DEBBIE FLINT
PETE FAY
PETE HEWITT
ADAM BINNS
RICHARD SCHOLFIELD
GARY COLLIER
WAYNE LOWERY


BOB AND ANGIE HARDY
STEVE AND JULIE KENNY
GRAHAM SHOOTER
KELVIN WETHERELL

ANDY AND JOANNE TUCKER
ANDY AND SHEILA MITCHELL
CRAIG BARLOW
ANDY MORGAN
CRAIG TATE
ROB BARKER
PAUL MACDONAGH
KEITH AND MICHELLE ENGLAND
SANDRA VOLLANS
DAVE MARSHALL
CARLOS SILVA
KARL DUCKELS
NICK BUTLER
SHAUN WELBURN
DARREN FOSTER
ROB SIDEBOTTOM

 

PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS CONNECTED WITH THE SCOOTER FRATERNITY FROM AROUND THE SELBY DISTRICT OVER THE LAST FORTY YEARS AND WE CAN ADD THEIR NAMES. ALSO LET US KNOW OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST FROM PAST SCOOTERING DAYS

DEREK COOPER.