Shogun Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Sorry not a scooter fan although I did know Ravi and Armando as good friends, Lambrettas were good scooters but the Vespas were a bit faster and more reliable, I can remember the sea side trips we would go flying past the scooters on our motor bikes, they were usually slowed down by all the mirrors and lights on them and the billowing parkers they used to drive around in,on the way back home most of them would be on the side of the road with the side panels off with a bunch of mods looking at them, we would shout has the rubber band come off mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoya Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 i bought my first scooter from grays on west street in 1970 it cost 99 guinees it was a 1965 vespa ss180 what happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdee Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Mine was a Vespa 125, cost 125 pounds from Ropers in 1958. Took me everywhere for two years, put 20,000 miles on it until I traded it, part exchange for a car. Car was a piece of junk, should have kept the Vespa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambo245 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Still lots of Lambretta around. WideBoys Lambretta Club meet most Saturdays at Absolutely Scooters, call in if any of you are passing by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap BLADE Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Seven Hills Scooter Club runs out of The Sheaf on Bramall Lane meets every Wednesday at 19.30 Also organise regular music night Ska etc Can be found on Face Book if anyones interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 (edited) Bought my TV175 on 22nd July 1961 from Walter Wragg on Gibraltar Street and had it for three years.. 'Now that's a good memory' I hear you say. Well it's helped by the payment book I have just dug out of my archives! I was 17 and worked in the offices at Firth Browns. Took a second job on Saturdays at John Banners down Attercliffe in order to pay the H.P. .. Well worth it. The colour was glacier blue and I had a blue dual seat fitted, windscreen and spare wheel and carrier. Have a number of 'photos. For the era, my favourite vehicle ever! Recently made contact with two workmates from Firth Browns after nearly 50 years! We all had Lambrettas. Didn't know at that time that most accidents happen near home. Thought nothing of nipping down to the mates in protective clothing of T Shirt , Jeans and Carpet Slippers! Regards, Peter. Edited March 14, 2012 by PeterR further memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grappler Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 ALways loved Scooters, especially Lambretta's. My dad and my uncle both helped build Armando's place near SUFC football ground, both now sadly passed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 My first was a LD 125? and my second was a TV175. Used to ride occasionally with a club which operated out of a boozer at (can't remember the name of the district, up the hill from Heeley, towards Norton; would it be Meadowhead?) Sorry, well it is 50 odd years ago. ]Woodseats The Big Tree before that the Travelers on the moor. the Sheffield Lambretta Club [THE CUTLERS] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopT Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Sorry to hear that Armando had passed on. I used to chat to him before he started up in business when he worked at the Spring Shop at the Grimesthorpe Works of River Don works. He was a great bloke, he will be missed. R.I.P. Armando Good Memories, Popt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffin4 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thanks for the gen hutch. You are correct, of course. The name Woodseats had been completely erased from my memory (usually pretty good) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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