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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2021, 08:08:54 AM »
Harry Sutcliffe?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2021, 09:36:24 AM »
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2021, 09:45:23 AM »
Ray Lock?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2021, 10:25:02 AM »
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2021, 11:55:36 AM »
Harry Pierce?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2021, 11:58:43 AM »
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2021, 11:59:32 AM »
Butler?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2021, 12:59:16 PM »
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2021, 02:55:31 PM »
Boxall?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #34 on: January 29, 2021, 03:07:01 PM »
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2021, 03:12:20 PM »
Hotchkiss?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #36 on: January 29, 2021, 03:32:14 PM »
Hotchkiss?

No. The name is towards the end of the alphabet.
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #37 on: January 29, 2021, 03:36:17 PM »
Wright?
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2021, 04:27:22 PM »
Wright?

No. A bit back the other way!
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2021, 06:18:46 PM »
Steynring?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #40 on: January 30, 2021, 05:04:41 AM »
Steynring?

No. The surnames begins one letter further on in the alphabet.
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #41 on: February 08, 2021, 08:39:10 PM »
Sam Tingle?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #42 on: February 09, 2021, 04:20:52 AM »
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #43 on: February 09, 2021, 07:33:26 PM »
Trotter?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #44 on: February 10, 2021, 05:43:52 AM »
Trotter?

No. More like a wood-carver.
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #45 on: February 10, 2021, 01:52:43 PM »
Trygg?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #46 on: February 11, 2021, 05:20:14 AM »
Trygg?

Sorry to be late in response. Last night my laptop refused to connect to a search engine (it's new too, bought on Black Friday!) so i watched the new Hanks movie and went to bed.

Not Trygg. You've tried so hard I'll LOCK it for you. The surname is the title of someone who uses a lathe (at least it is in the UK).
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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #47 on: February 11, 2021, 08:22:54 AM »
Turner?

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Re: NIC#1226
« Reply #48 on: February 11, 2021, 08:46:33 AM »
Turner?

That's it! This image was taken from the 1953 Castrol Book of Achievements and the caption tells us that this is B. Turner in his MG Special winning the unlimited scratch race at the Rhodes and Founders Road Race, Umtali.
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Re: Solved NIC#1226 - 1953 MG Special of B. Turner
« Reply #49 on: February 11, 2021, 09:17:55 AM »
Thanks for the point!