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MORTONS ARCHIVE > Joe Dick collection (3 files)

D80 5734 
 Lambretta SX mod style scooter 
 Keywords: 2014, Joe Dick, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Motorcycle, Newark Show
D80 5735 
 Lambretta SX mod style scooter 
 Keywords: 2014, Joe Dick, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Motorcycle, Newark Show
D80 5757 
 Vespa, Lambretta - Worksop Mod Appreciation Society 
 Keywords: 2014, Joe Dick, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Motorcycle, Newark Show

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Collection (37 files)

A collection of images from our vast archive depicting motorcycles and motorcycling lifestyle from the early 1900's through to the present day.
Gloves General Clothes09 
 Classic Mod - Mike (M) Evans 
 Keywords: 1963, Lewis Leathers, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, November
GMR0000001 
 Hat decoration has gone to his head. Should think that the weight of this collection is a bit much, though. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000002 
 It's a hard life for the badge collector! Fresh from the D. Lewis badges-by-the-dozen stand is a young Mike Cullingham, he's 19, of Yarmouth. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000003 
 Jean-Marie Debonneville and his wife, Monique, the first ever French Dragonists. They live near Lille. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000004 
 Oh no! That's not a Bonneville! An unnamed dispatch rider - certainly not Harold Wilson - draws up outside Number 10. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000005 
 All smiles from Pat Allen as she rat-tat-tats on the famous door - only seconds before she realised the all-important letter was missing! 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000006 
 Maureen Callender, 22, of Strathaven, Lanarkshire. One of the finalists in the Blackpool Show, Personality Girl contest. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000007 
 A real master piece! But a short lived one - this 1.5 cwt birthday cake was gobbled up at the 59 Club last Saturday. The cake a faithful replica of Brands, was baked by Arthur Keen, of Cranbrook Kent. Fiddly work, the icing was left to well - known cake artist "Jiminy", of the Crimony Company, Twickenham. Complete down to the pits, railings and controll tower (there's even "oil" on the track!) the cake was 48in long, 28in wide and 12in deep. 
 Keywords: 59 Club, Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000008 
 "You, too would enjoy knowing Father Bill. At 43, his enthusiasms are those of a man half his age" 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000009 
 Ex-trials rider Bill Howard's opinion counts for something when he's helping you to choose your new machine. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000010 
 Rev. Bill Shergold shows the silver chalice to enthusiasts at the Eton Mission dance on Saturday. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000011 
 Jeans for rockers and tweed for mods. Heels on the mod boots are going higher every day. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000012 
 Rocker - and believe it or not, four pushrods, too! 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000013 
 We have a typical rocker; leather jacket, blue jeans, zip-back boots. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000014 
 Typical mod style. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000015 
 Rocker boots and blue jeans. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000016 
 This impressive Harley-Davidson outfit came all the way from Essen in Germany. 
 Keywords: Harley-Davidson, Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000017 
 And here's the man who held the service for motor cyclists, the Rev. William Shergold. That gleaming red Speed Twin is his own machine; he finds it invaluable in carrying out his parish duties. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000018 
 All is orderly and well under police control as riders set off home after the mysterious "demonstration" in Doughty Street. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000019 
 Dig that clobber! This picture is not, as you may imagine, from Brooklyn but from Fulham, London, and shows a member of the Harly Davidson Riders' Club preparing for an outing. Here is leathered, cameraed and light-metered Trevor Butts on leave from the Army. 
 Keywords: Harly Davidson Riders' Club, Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000020 
 Melvyn West and Jane Bowyer tread the light fantastic at the dance. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000021 
 Truimph's Operation TOGA in Belgium. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Triumph
GMR0000022 
 "We're doing something good and worthwhile." Nearly 100 powerful motorcycles ridden by Rockers and their girlfriends gathered in the forecourt of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, to get their instructions. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000023 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000024 
 Rockers stop for a tea break. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000025 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000026 
 Party time! 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000028 
 59 Club meeting. 
 Keywords: 59 Club, Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000029 
 Meeting outside the Ace Cafe. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Ace Cafe
GMR0000030 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000031 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000032 
 Posing rocker. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000033 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000034 
 Problems around the table at the Cellar Cafe, Windsor. Regulars at the Wharfside Cafe follow the discussion between John Smyth of the "Slough Observer", staffman Mike Evans and Father Bill Shergold. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000035 
 Checking out the motor. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000036 
 Partying. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GR0000001 
 On the right, the Bishop of London chats with members of the 59 Club outside St. Mary's Church in Paddington. 
 Keywords: 59 Club, Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Royal Enfield

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Collection > From our issues - motorcycles (42 files)

Images used in our publications, now available for commercial use.
020 PJ M009 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M010 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M013 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M017 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M018 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M019 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M026 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M027 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M028 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M029 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M032 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M035 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M038 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M042 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M045 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M048 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M049 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
048 IoW Sun p24 replacement 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
050 BofB PJ Hinsley 
 Mod-style Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Feb/Mar, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
064 S-World TrophiesDISPLAY LM814 
 Best Scooter Display at Scooter World at the January 2014 Newark Show winners were the Worksop Mod Appreciation Society 
 Keywords: 2014, April/May, Classic Scooterist Scene, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Scooter
086 MOD 01 
 Marque of distinction - vintage AJS, 1925 Big Port 
 Keywords: 2014, AJS, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, October, The Classic MotorCycle
086 MOD 02 
 Marque of distinction - vintage AJS, 1930 R9 
 Keywords: 2014, AJS, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, October, The Classic MotorCycle
086 MOD 03 
 Marque of distinction - vintage AJS, 1920s 23/4 Model B 
 Keywords: 2014, AJS, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, October, The Classic MotorCycle
086 MOD 04 
 Marque of distinction - vintage AJS, 1910 Model A & B 
 Keywords: 2014, AJS, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, October, The Classic MotorCycle
086 MOD 05 
 Marque of distinction - vintage AJS, 1925 Model D Passenger twin 
 Keywords: 2014, AJS, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, October, The Classic MotorCycle
086 MOD VELOCETTE 1 
 Marque of distinction - Velocette MOV lightweight 250cc 
 Keywords: 2014, December, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Velocette
086 MOD VELOCETTE 2 
 Marque of distinction - Velocette Valiant 1950's 
 Keywords: 2014, December, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Velocette
086 MOD VELOCETTE 3 
 Marque of distinction - Velocette GTP Super stroker 
 Keywords: 2014, December, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Velocette
086 MOD VELOCETTE 5 
 Marque of distinction - Velocette KSS 
 Keywords: 2014, December, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Velocette
086 MOD VELOCETTE 6 
 Marque of distinction - Velocette Venom 
 Keywords: 2014, December, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Velocette
MOD 01 
 ND Humble but decent 
 Keywords: 2015, Classic choice, Classic life, January, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Triumph
MOD 02 
 Model H Trusty Triumph 
 Keywords: 2015, Classic choice, Classic life, January, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Triumph
MOD 03 
 Junior Budget baby 
 Keywords: 2015, Classic choice, Classic life, January, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Triumph
MOD 04 
 SD Spring driven Triumph 
 Keywords: 2015, Classic choice, Classic life, January, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Triumph
MOD 05 
 Triumph Tiger 100 burning bright 
 Keywords: 2015, Classic choice, Classic life, January, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Triumph
WD141595@SS1958-VESPA GS 
 Anybody who thinks that the Mods invented chromed-up scooters needs to look at the Vespa on display here at the Earls Court Show. 
 Keywords: 2006, June, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181611@SS P54 - 03 
 In the same issue there is a photograph of a shop window full of helmets which span the range of what was on offer at this time. In the centre is what we would still recognise as a standard "open face" type extending down over the ears. This was a relatively new idea to motorcycling/scootering having originated with fighter pilots, reaching Formula 1 around 1959 and the general public about two years later. To the left can be seen its predecessor, the "Piss Pot" and underneath the standard white "Everoak" beloved of so many regular scooterists. The Everoak (and similarly-styled helmets from other makers) was especially despised by the Mods and it comes as a bit of a culture shock today to see a scooter resplendent with lights and mirrors being ridden by someone wearing such a thing.
Still, in 1963, such considerations were years away - Mods not generally wearing helmets in any case. Mod fashion in a motor cycle magazine? It never happened again! 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181612@SS P54 - 02 
 In the same issue there is a photograph of a shop window full of helmets which span the range of what was on offer at this time. In the centre is what we would still recognise as a standard "open face" type extending down over the ears. This was a relatively new idea to motorcycling/scootering having originated with fighter pilots, reaching Formula 1 around 1959 and the general public about two years later. To the left can be seen its predecessor, the "Piss Pot" and underneath the standard white "Everoak" beloved of so many regular scooterists. The Everoak (and similarly-styled helmets from other makers) was especially despised by the Mods and it comes as a bit of a culture shock today to see a scooter resplendent with lights and mirrors being ridden by someone wearing such a thing.
Still, in 1963, such considerations were years away - Mods not generally wearing helmets in any case. Mod fashion in a motor cycle magazine? It never happened again! 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181613@SS P54 - 01 
 A LULL BEFORE THE STORM
IT'S a received wisdom that the general public knew nothing about Mods prior to the events of Easter 1964, but like most received wisdoms, it's only partially true. Many people are aware of the 1962 Town article featuring (amongst others) Marc Bolan, but if you look hard enough there is other material around pre-dating the seaside riots.
In December 1963 Motor Cycle magazine ran a light-hearted 'Are you a Mod or a Rocker?' quiz. Readers were asked questions about their attire and habits. The top three levels of scoring (Mod, Mid and Rocker) were all considered "with it", while the lowest scoring category (Old Fogey) was definitely considered to be "without it".
The piece was written by one Mike Evans and it is he who is featured as the example Mod, with a suitably scruffy Rocker alongside for comparison. Mike's clothes include a tab-collared shirt, Cuban heels and a collarless jacket and at this distance in time, it's difficult to recall if these were specifically Mod fashions in late '63. The scooter (a well used GS150 with chrome panels) looks about right though.
The article obviously isn't meant to be taken too seriously, and there's no sense of the friction that was to erupt four or five months later. This sort of thing could not have appeared in a motorcycle magazine after April 1964. 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD202943@15 Watford-01 
 Moody Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen
WD202944@15 Watford-02 
 Happy Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen
WD202945@15 Watford-03 
 Sleepy Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Collection > From our issues - motorcycles > Aviation images > Aviation images (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Collection > From our issues - motorcycles > Heritage images (1 file)

WD160481@44-02 
 This Foden DG6/10 is an ex-MOD vehicle that went to Lucas Batteries in 1944 before going into Showman's service. 
 Keywords: Aug 06, Heritage Commercials, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Nick Nicholls collection > 1978 Post TT Mallory Park 11th June (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Nick Nicholls collection > Off road images > British 250 MX GP 18th June 1978 Kilmartin (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > British Motorcross GP 1982 (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Brookalnds (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Giacomo Agostini (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Archive collection (13 files)

The Mortons Archive team have carefully selected a collection of classic images from our archive, which have been used in our magazine titles recently.
086 MOD VELOCETTE 2 
 Marque of distinction - Velocette Valiant 1950's 
 Keywords: 2014, December, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, The Classic MotorCycle, Velocette
GMR0000003 
 Jean-Marie Debonneville and his wife, Monique, the first ever French Dragonists. They live near Lille. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000006 
 Maureen Callender, 22, of Strathaven, Lanarkshire. One of the finalists in the Blackpool Show, Personality Girl contest. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000012 
 Rocker - and believe it or not, four pushrods, too! 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000014 
 Typical mod style. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000021 
 Truimph's Operation TOGA in Belgium. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Triumph
GMR0000023 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000024 
 Rockers stop for a tea break. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000025 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000029 
 Meeting outside the Ace Cafe. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, The Ace Cafe
GMR0000030 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000031 
 Rockers. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group
GMR0000035 
 Checking out the motor. 
 Keywords: Mods and Rockers, Mortons, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Archive collection > Aviation images (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Archive collection > From our issues - motorcycles (7 files)

Images used in our publications, now available for commercial use.
WD141595@SS1958-VESPA GS 
 Anybody who thinks that the Mods invented chromed-up scooters needs to look at the Vespa on display here at the Earls Court Show. 
 Keywords: 2006, June, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181611@SS P54 - 03 
 In the same issue there is a photograph of a shop window full of helmets which span the range of what was on offer at this time. In the centre is what we would still recognise as a standard "open face" type extending down over the ears. This was a relatively new idea to motorcycling/scootering having originated with fighter pilots, reaching Formula 1 around 1959 and the general public about two years later. To the left can be seen its predecessor, the "Piss Pot" and underneath the standard white "Everoak" beloved of so many regular scooterists. The Everoak (and similarly-styled helmets from other makers) was especially despised by the Mods and it comes as a bit of a culture shock today to see a scooter resplendent with lights and mirrors being ridden by someone wearing such a thing.
Still, in 1963, such considerations were years away - Mods not generally wearing helmets in any case. Mod fashion in a motor cycle magazine? It never happened again! 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181612@SS P54 - 02 
 In the same issue there is a photograph of a shop window full of helmets which span the range of what was on offer at this time. In the centre is what we would still recognise as a standard "open face" type extending down over the ears. This was a relatively new idea to motorcycling/scootering having originated with fighter pilots, reaching Formula 1 around 1959 and the general public about two years later. To the left can be seen its predecessor, the "Piss Pot" and underneath the standard white "Everoak" beloved of so many regular scooterists. The Everoak (and similarly-styled helmets from other makers) was especially despised by the Mods and it comes as a bit of a culture shock today to see a scooter resplendent with lights and mirrors being ridden by someone wearing such a thing.
Still, in 1963, such considerations were years away - Mods not generally wearing helmets in any case. Mod fashion in a motor cycle magazine? It never happened again! 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181613@SS P54 - 01 
 A LULL BEFORE THE STORM
IT'S a received wisdom that the general public knew nothing about Mods prior to the events of Easter 1964, but like most received wisdoms, it's only partially true. Many people are aware of the 1962 Town article featuring (amongst others) Marc Bolan, but if you look hard enough there is other material around pre-dating the seaside riots.
In December 1963 Motor Cycle magazine ran a light-hearted 'Are you a Mod or a Rocker?' quiz. Readers were asked questions about their attire and habits. The top three levels of scoring (Mod, Mid and Rocker) were all considered "with it", while the lowest scoring category (Old Fogey) was definitely considered to be "without it".
The piece was written by one Mike Evans and it is he who is featured as the example Mod, with a suitably scruffy Rocker alongside for comparison. Mike's clothes include a tab-collared shirt, Cuban heels and a collarless jacket and at this distance in time, it's difficult to recall if these were specifically Mod fashions in late '63. The scooter (a well used GS150 with chrome panels) looks about right though.
The article obviously isn't meant to be taken too seriously, and there's no sense of the friction that was to erupt four or five months later. This sort of thing could not have appeared in a motorcycle magazine after April 1964. 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD202943@15 Watford-01 
 Moody Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen
WD202944@15 Watford-02 
 Happy Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen
WD202945@15 Watford-03 
 Sleepy Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Archive collection > Heritage > A4 Collection (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Famous motorcycle events and riders (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > 1926 London to Lands End (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > 1928 Cardiff - Leicester - Cardiff trial (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > 1956 British International Motorcross GP (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > Glass plates > Royal Enfield 1951 models (open collection)

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > Glass plates > TT junior/lightweight 1926 > TT junior/lightweight 1926 (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > Oulton Park 1956 (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > The 1951 ACU National Rally (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > Thruxton 500, June 1963 (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Glass plates > TT junior/lightweight 1926 (open collection)

Images from Mark Wernham and Nick Nicholls collections - famous motorcycle racing events from the TT to modern day World Superbike races.

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Scootering Classics (13 files)

This collection from our archive shows off some of the classic scootering scenes from the 50's onwards. Many of these images have appeared with the Scootering Magazine as a centrespead.
020 PJ M009 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M013 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M048 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
020 PJ M049 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
048 IoW Sun p24 replacement 
 Peejay's Lambretta - An icinic Mod style scooter from teh halcyon days of the 1960s. Lambretta SX200 
 Keywords: 2014, Classic Scooterist Scene, Dec/Jan, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd
064 S-World TrophiesDISPLAY LM814 
 Best Scooter Display at Scooter World at the January 2014 Newark Show winners were the Worksop Mod Appreciation Society 
 Keywords: 2014, April/May, Classic Scooterist Scene, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group Ltd, Scooter
WD141595@SS1958-VESPA GS 
 Anybody who thinks that the Mods invented chromed-up scooters needs to look at the Vespa on display here at the Earls Court Show. 
 Keywords: 2006, June, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181611@SS P54 - 03 
 In the same issue there is a photograph of a shop window full of helmets which span the range of what was on offer at this time. In the centre is what we would still recognise as a standard "open face" type extending down over the ears. This was a relatively new idea to motorcycling/scootering having originated with fighter pilots, reaching Formula 1 around 1959 and the general public about two years later. To the left can be seen its predecessor, the "Piss Pot" and underneath the standard white "Everoak" beloved of so many regular scooterists. The Everoak (and similarly-styled helmets from other makers) was especially despised by the Mods and it comes as a bit of a culture shock today to see a scooter resplendent with lights and mirrors being ridden by someone wearing such a thing.
Still, in 1963, such considerations were years away - Mods not generally wearing helmets in any case. Mod fashion in a motor cycle magazine? It never happened again! 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181612@SS P54 - 02 
 In the same issue there is a photograph of a shop window full of helmets which span the range of what was on offer at this time. In the centre is what we would still recognise as a standard "open face" type extending down over the ears. This was a relatively new idea to motorcycling/scootering having originated with fighter pilots, reaching Formula 1 around 1959 and the general public about two years later. To the left can be seen its predecessor, the "Piss Pot" and underneath the standard white "Everoak" beloved of so many regular scooterists. The Everoak (and similarly-styled helmets from other makers) was especially despised by the Mods and it comes as a bit of a culture shock today to see a scooter resplendent with lights and mirrors being ridden by someone wearing such a thing.
Still, in 1963, such considerations were years away - Mods not generally wearing helmets in any case. Mod fashion in a motor cycle magazine? It never happened again! 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD181613@SS P54 - 01 
 A LULL BEFORE THE STORM
IT'S a received wisdom that the general public knew nothing about Mods prior to the events of Easter 1964, but like most received wisdoms, it's only partially true. Many people are aware of the 1962 Town article featuring (amongst others) Marc Bolan, but if you look hard enough there is other material around pre-dating the seaside riots.
In December 1963 Motor Cycle magazine ran a light-hearted 'Are you a Mod or a Rocker?' quiz. Readers were asked questions about their attire and habits. The top three levels of scoring (Mod, Mid and Rocker) were all considered "with it", while the lowest scoring category (Old Fogey) was definitely considered to be "without it".
The piece was written by one Mike Evans and it is he who is featured as the example Mod, with a suitably scruffy Rocker alongside for comparison. Mike's clothes include a tab-collared shirt, Cuban heels and a collarless jacket and at this distance in time, it's difficult to recall if these were specifically Mod fashions in late '63. The scooter (a well used GS150 with chrome panels) looks about right though.
The article obviously isn't meant to be taken too seriously, and there's no sense of the friction that was to erupt four or five months later. This sort of thing could not have appeared in a motorcycle magazine after April 1964. 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters
WD202943@15 Watford-01 
 Moody Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen
WD202944@15 Watford-02 
 Happy Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen
WD202945@15 Watford-03 
 Sleepy Mod 
 Keywords: 2006, Mortons Archive, Mortons Media Group, Scooterist Scene, Scooters, SCOOTERS and their riders have always been a popular subject cho, Scooters on the screen

MORTONS ARCHIVE > Mortons Archive Print Collection > Stafford Show images (open collection)

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