I was contacted a few days ago by a chap who has recently moved house. His new home was previously owned by a gentleman with a collection of classic cars and motorcycles, and a couple of framed photographs of a Douglas were left behind. He wondered if I knew anything about them …
The photographs were in frames, one with the glass broken. I have ‘cleaned them up’ to improve the quality, and the machine appears to me to be a TT model or possibly an SW5, from around 1928-30. One photograph is captioned ‘Bernado’ – was this the nickname of the bike or the rider? On careful inspection the rider is smoking a pipe. At a guess, the pictures date from the1990s or early 2000s.
Can anyone shed any light on the machine, the rider or perhaps where the pictures were taken? It’s a distinctive machine and must have been known in sprinting or vintage racing circles at the time. Over to you …
The London Douglas Motor Cycle Club 
Looking at the first photo the bikes in the background have black and white number plates, I would put the date as early to mid 70,s.
Alf.
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‘Bernado’ is actually an LDMCC member – Bernard White from Hungerford. The photo of him on ‘V60’ was taken at Weston Zoyland in about 2010. The other guy is probably a Mr Lippiatt (a mate of Bernard’s). The bike is a 1929 SW5 set up for sprinting.
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