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Post by rodpashley on Jan 6, 2010 23:32:50 GMT 1
Looks like he is holding his helmet to me....
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Post by haflinger121 on Jan 7, 2010 0:43:18 GMT 1
Fair enough. I was just trying to see if Derek's suggestion that it might be Harry Skirrow could be confirmed.
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Post by derek on Jan 7, 2010 10:46:28 GMT 1
It was the left hand that Harry lost.
There arn't too many photos around showing his hook.
I'll se if I can find one.
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Post by haflinger121 on Jan 7, 2010 22:32:32 GMT 1
I can see that he might have been sensitive about being photographed with that on show. 'Course, if that is him in that pic, that might be why the crash hat is there...
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Post by rodpashley on Jan 8, 2010 2:05:15 GMT 1
perhaps if Derek could find a photo (with or with hand) of H.S. we could identify the person in the pic one way or another
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Post by rodpashley on Jan 8, 2010 2:07:23 GMT 1
H.S. raced with a hook od the end of his arm, so I shouldnt think he was too self concious of it...
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Post by haflinger121 on Jan 8, 2010 10:38:58 GMT 1
Ah but, in the photo we're talking about, whoever it is would have been posing for the camera. In a racing situation, Harry would have known that it would take a darn good close up to show him as being anything other than able bodied, so to speak. Anyway, pure speculation on my part - he might not have cared about it one way or another. I have known quite a few drivers who were missing 'bits', but they were happy just to be out there. This includes a couple of hot rodders with only one eye, and how they drove like that I have no idea. I've tried it in a road car and soon thought better of it!
Anyway, just while Derek is hunting (pun unintended, sorry Harry!) for a Skirrow pic, here's an oddball bit of memorabilia instead. It's a page from an autograph book, with the Belle Vue lettering looking like it might have been done with a good old John Bull printing set. Another autograph on the reverse is dated, 29th (24th?) of August 1936.
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Post by derek on Jan 8, 2010 11:07:42 GMT 1
At the moment this is the best photo I have found of Harry showing his left arm. Unfortunatly it isn't too clear. I've seen better photos somewhere but I can't lay my hands on them. Take a look at the Skirrow it's the only one I've ever seen with that front cowl. The photo was taken by Louis Klementansky and loaned to me be Eric Worswicks son. Derek Bridgett Newcastle-under-Lyme Attachments:
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Post by rodpashley on Jan 8, 2010 12:16:16 GMT 1
This photo dramaticaly shows the different driving technique required for a 4 wheel drive car as compared to a rear wheel drive car.
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Post by haflinger121 on Jan 8, 2010 23:13:16 GMT 1
It certainly does Rod - and check out the depth of the dirt on the track too!
Derek, I'm glad you pointed out the thing with the odd-ball cowl, because I'd have been wondering what on earth that car was otherwise. Very strange, looks like something off a tractor. Incidentally, we have some Klemantaski midget photos here. He was a well known motorsports photographer of that period, and a friend of mine who knows far more about these things than me, tells me that ANYTHING by Louis Klemantaski (if it's an original with his stamp on the back) is very valuable. He was most impressed when I told him I'd picked these up at a boot fair for a fiver the lot!
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Post by rodpashley on Jan 9, 2010 0:33:50 GMT 1
Depth of cinders on UK tracks was why the USA "expitition" was not particularly fast, they were "set up" to run on a firmer (but not firm) surface.
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