Friday 24 February 2012

HOLY CHEQUERED FAIRINGS BATMAN !!! LOOK OUT JOE PETRALI, MOVE OVER EASY RIDER, IT'S THE SERIOUSLY SLEEK "SHUTTLEWORTH SNAP" !!!! . . . . . FORMBY WAS A COMIC GENIUS FOR HIS TIME ACROSS THE ONCE VAST DOMINIONS OF THE LATE, GREAT, SOON TO BE DIMINISHING BRITISH EMPIRE . . . HOISTED FROM "VISORDOWN"

GEORGE FORMBY WAS BIGGER THAN BOVRIL IN BRITAIN AND HER FAR FLUNG DOMINIONS IN THE INTER-WAR YEARS . . . . AS MY MUM REMINDED ME WHEN SHE SAW THE SUBJECT OF THIS POST . . . . HE WAS THE COMEDIAN FOR THE TIME IN AN AGE OF FASCINATION WITH ALL THINGS TO DO WITH GOING FAST, NO MATTER HOW COMICAL . . . .

EVEN I CAN REMEMBER SEEING HIS OLD BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES AS A KID, ESPECIALLY THE FOCUS OF THIS POST, THE CLASSIC "NO LIMIT", SET AT THE ISLE OF MAN TT . . . . . GOOD OLD FASHIONED BRIT COMEDY AT ITS BEST . . .  AND TO THIS DAY AS FUNNY AS IT MUST'VE BEEN THEN !!!

***** CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR ON POST TITLE AND 'AVE YOURSELF A GIGGLE AT ONE OF THE ALL TIME "SPEED DEMONS" COURTESY OF GEORGE FORMBY AND "VISORDOWN" . . . READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ON THE TOP 10 OF 'UNSUNG ICONIC MOTORCYCLES' . . . . GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES !!!
Top 10 unsung yet iconic motorcycles - SHUTTLEWORTH SNAP - Page 4 - Motorcycle Top 10s - Visordown

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