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The End Of The Road, For Now : VSCC Herefordshire Trial

By simonlewis 26/03/2020 Category 1 No Comments
The End Of The Road, For Now : VSCC Herefordshire Trial

It’s nearly the end of March 2020 and I was planning to be at Goodwood for the Member’s Meeting this coming weekend. A fortnight later we should have been off…

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New Year – New Venue – Old Cars. VSCC Gathering Ross on Wye.

By simonlewis 06/02/2020 Category 1 No Comments
New Year – New Venue – Old Cars. VSCC Gathering Ross on Wye.

There’s, a huge Rolls Royce Phantom that looks as if it’s youth was spent on tiger shoots and a 3 wheeler Morgan getting stuck in the mud under a tree.…

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Sudden Fascination : 1 – Avions Voisin

By simonlewis 08/06/2019 Category 1 No Comments
Sudden Fascination : 1 – Avions Voisin

Some cars you always liked – maybe those you recall your parents owning , or the one your rich neighbour had in the garage when you were small, or if…

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Great Books – Rotten Titles…

By simonlewis 06/03/2017 Category 1 1 Comment
Great Books – Rotten Titles…

How many times have you browsed a shelf of books and groaned at the plethora of generic, unimaginative or rather obscure seeming titles? You know the sort – you generally…

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The Body Beautiful : Carrozzeria In Books

By simonlewis 09/01/2017 Category 1 No Comments
The Body Beautiful : Carrozzeria In Books

Have you heard of Carozzeria Boneschi ? Full marks if you have, this is one of the lesser known Italian coachbuilding concerns but it’s got an extensive (and expensive)  book…

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Beaulieu 1986 & 2016 : 30 Years And Worlds Apart.

By simonlewis 08/09/2016 Category 1 No Comments
Beaulieu 1986 & 2016 : 30 Years And Worlds Apart.

When I was 18 and just starting out as a book seller The Event was Beaulieu. Nothing else came close. Nothing was as important or as influential. You had to…

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30th ANNIVERSARY of SIMON LEWIS TRANSPORT BOOKS

By simonlewis 24/02/2016 Category 1 3 Comments
30th ANNIVERSARY of SIMON LEWIS TRANSPORT BOOKS

February 25th 2016 sees the 3oth anniversary of our founding.  It’s hard to get your head around judging an enterprise in decades (four of them!) rather than years or months.…

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Petrol Pumps, Pedal Cars and The World’s Smallest Sidecar : Beaulieu 2015

By simonlewis 10/09/2015 Category 1 No Comments
Petrol Pumps, Pedal Cars and The World’s Smallest Sidecar : Beaulieu 2015

The thing with Beaulieu Autojumble is you never quite know what you will see. On the surface it all appears much the same year after year (It’s 31 since I…

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Meanwhile, In Central France… Book Hunting In Montmorillon

By simonlewis 09/09/2015 Category 1 No Comments
Meanwhile, In Central France… Book Hunting In Montmorillon

Montmorillon is to France what Hay-on-Wye is to Britain : Bookshop heaven. An attractive little town on a river in a rural region with more second hand bookshops than you…

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Aston Martins, Record Speeds & A Bashed Finger at Shelsley Walsh

By simonlewis 20/08/2013 Category 1 No Comments
Aston Martins, Record Speeds & A Bashed Finger at Shelsley Walsh

  The centenary of ASTON MARTIN cars was celebrated at the even older Shelsley Walsh hillclimb over the weekend of August 17-18th.  A host of wonderful examples of the marque…

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