Following on from the article about Arthur Elmer, Les, his son, shared with the Barnstormers Boys a little history of himself and his 1929 S29-19 2 Port Light BSA. 1929 – 1972 A BSA called Arthur My Dad, Arthur, had a good mate, also called Arthur, who I guess to avoid mistakes, was always […]
A BSA called Arthur – 1929 S29-19 2 Port Light Read More »
We here at Barnstormers love hearing from, and about those who rode before us. Here’s an article written by Les Elmer about his Dad, Arthur, and a couple of his exploits as a pioneer motorcyclist. Les also kindly provided us with an article on the history of his S29-19 BSA here. Thanks Les My Dad,
Arthur Elmer 1918-1983 Read More »
This little clip was pointed out to me recently and I thought it was worth sharing. Following up on the good old interweb, I managed to track down Hamish, who filled me in on a little more background on the clip and motorcycle. The clip was made by the Historical Aviation Film Unit (HAFU) and
1914 British Army Despatch Rider Read More »
Updated 19th April more photos and some scribblings from the tip of McSnottys crayon – Once again the folks from the Karaka Historical Society, along with the Vintage Engine Restorers Auckland (VERA) hosted an outstanding event at the Karaka Sports Complex on Sunday ( 1st Apr 2012) The day started brilliantly, and early, with
Karaka Vintage Day – A view from the Knob Read More »
Recently one of our registered readers sent me a link to the Papers Past website. Now McSnotty and I are aware of the immense amount of work that is being undertaken at the National Library in digitising New Zealands history but we were unaware of the Papers Past website that is part of the National
A little bit of history Read More »
