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NASTY!

Stepping off

I asked Dave how he got into scooters. “I was about fourteen years old. I lived in Essex along the A13 which, at the time, was the main route to the famous Southend Rally. Back in the day, all the Hornchurch/East London boys used to stop at the Tarpot pub in Benfleet. When I was doing my paper round I saw all the scoots and thought, ‘I wanna bit of this’. Next stop for me was the Ilford Palais Mod all-dayers, and Leigh Com Mod nights on a Friday night in Leigh-on-Sea, which were great fun.”

Where it all began

Initially, Dave was going to do a Bobby

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