The Bluebird Project

Am I allowed to post this link? to a petition? to try & illustrate the popularity of the old girl? https://www.change.org/p/ruskin-museum-coniston-should-bill-smith-be-allowed-to-run-bluebird-this-summer?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initia...

fibo74 wrote: ↑

Fri May 03, 2019 5:26 pm

Any southerly forum member off to Brooklands tomorrow for Auto Italia day?

@richie - JPS rotary engined Norton for me, Trevor Nation style...

I think you'll see (&, of course, hear!!) them all on this little compilation vid I made a couple of years ago -

All is not yet lost, for the speed boat speedsters, apparently -
https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/17570302 ... this-year/

(As an aside to other topics at the moment) We spent last weekend participating in a Motorcycle sprint, up the driveaway of Hoghton Tower. A grand time was had by all, apart from,maybe, the chap that fell off his BMW! (he was uninjured, as far as we are aware) There was a fair array of bikes, old & ...

Looking like there will be no Records Week this year -

here's the story from the sensational, soaraway sun
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8812701/r ... -bluebird/

Great stuff! Well done everybody!

Yes please! back on water, any water, be nice if if it was Coniston though (it's only half an hour away from me!!)

In my opinion I cannot see how the 10 trustees of the Ruskin could let "the old girl" sit idle for ever. If they did, unfortunately, I feel, no matter what we think, interest will wain over the years. However, given 3 months a year, to "perform" "function" "display", or whatever you would like to ca...

Job done!
Didn't know she was built by "Shamlesbury Engineering" though!

Richie wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 08, 2018 6:54 am

are you a journalist or something ?