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    Jul 03, 2019 3 minutes
    Photographs: MORTONS ARCHIVE

    There were 60 motorcycles due on the line for the 1956 Thruxton 500 mile road race, to be held over the kidney-shaped 2.7574 mile course. Organised by the Southampton and District Motor Cycle Club, practice was on Saturday June 24, between 10 and 11am, with the race starting the same day at noon, grid places decided by ballot.

    The meeting had attracted some well known riders, among them Bob

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