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The 15 best country houses that were sold in 2021, from under £3m to over £15m countrylife.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from countrylife.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KNOWN as the Old Man s Outing the Veterans Reunion Trial run by Ilkley and District Motor Club was first established more than 70 years ago. These photographs from the club s archives show some of the well-known competitors who have taken part in the event. Club historian Janet Kitching said: When motor sport resumed after World War 2 it was noticed that many of the older but still active members were appearing at events as spectators and it was felt that an attempt should be made to revive their talents and get them back onto a motor cycle. With this in mind, one such member, since 1928, Geoff Fletcher, came up with the idea of a reunion trial, open to clubs in the Yorkshire Centre but only for riders who had first competed in an event in Yorkshire prior to 31st December, 1930. ....
Fascinating history of Ilkley club's "Old Man's Outing" thetelegraphandargus.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetelegraphandargus.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Riverdene, in Cookham, not only appears in some of the Royal Academician s works but was also home to racing daredevil Sir Algernon Guinness. The buyers of Riverdene, in Cookham, Berkshire, will wake up every morning to the views that moved Royal Academician Sir Stanley Spencer. This whitewashed house with a Parisian feel, which is for sale through Hamptons at a guide price of £4.5 million, stands on the banks of the Thames, next to the 12th-century village church. Spencer was so enamoured of Cookham, where he had been born in 1891, that it called it ‘a village in heaven’ and spent the years before and after the First World War painting landscapes and biblical scenes set – somewhat incongruously but beautifully –against the backdrop of the local churchyard and the surrounding countryside. ....
The petrol car changed the nature of travel and brought joy, exhilaration and convenience to millions. But as part of Britain s fight against man-made climate change, cars powered by fossil fuels are being phased out in favour of electric vehicles and other forms of travel. It means that, from 2030, new petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned. So in timely fashion, automotive writer Lance Cole has revealed in his new book some of the most iconic classic cars - from a 1905 racer which broke the world speed record, to the much-loved 1990s Volvo 850 R. Classic Car Gallery - A Journey Through Motoring History, which is published by Pen & Sword, shows off a treasure trove of motoring beauties. ....