A second look at Maurie Pearson's mid 1950's photo albums... #2

As I said before, I've much more left in my archive to use...however this Covid-19 lock-down is as good a reason as any to continue.... Maurie Pearson was a motorcycle enthusiast living in Sydney who passed away some years back at a good age...I'd know him for many years and often wondered about any motorcycle photos he may have had.. I never followed it up, but fate dealt me a good blow when I was offered two volumes of the large photo albums he had made up, mostly from the period 1954 to around 1960 and I suspect the photos were purchased over the years from the publishers of "Motorcycling in NSW".  Some 100 pages or so with often 4 or 5 pics on each page they are a treasure trove I'm about to share with you, but not in any order. Dare I say it again...yes.... If you capture a photo for your use, please credit Maurie Pearson as the owner of same...
What have I this time for you?  H'm, I've posted some of these on a Facebook site... never mind..
 Well have some sidecars at Bathurst  & some solos at Bathurst 1957, 1958...
So again, that said, coffee in hand, scroll through this offering...

 Bob Mitchell.....

 Jack Ehret.....Bathurst 1958

 Sandy McCrea.....

 Orrie Salter...

3rd Junior, Keo Madden

 Barry Green...

Johnny Shanks...

Ken Rumble... 

 D.Cameron, 1957 Bathurst...

 Jack Jowett, 1957 Bathurst...

 Barry Hodgkinson...1957 Bathurst, Travelling Marshall...

 Bert Bayliss, 1957 Bathurst...

Start of the 1957 Junior TT, Bathurst...

 Start 1957 Bathurst practice...

 Junior TT, 1958, lower "esses"...

Typical list of title & good riders mid 1950's....

 

A look at Maurie Pearson's mid 1950's photo albums of motorcycle racing in NSW...

I don't really need an excuse to start posting on my Velobanjogent webblog as I've much more left in my archive to use...however this Coronavirus19 lock-down is as good a reason as any....
Maurie Pearson was a motorcycle enthusiast living in Sydney who passed away some years back at a good age...I'd know him for many years and often wondered about any motorcycle photos he may have had.. I never followed it up, but fate dealt me a good blow when I was offered two volumes of the large photo albums he had made up, mostly from the period 1954 to around 1960 and I suspect the photos were purchased over the years from the publishers of "Motorcycling in NSW". 
Some 100 pages or so with often 4 or 5 pics on each page they are a treasure trove I'm about to share with you, but not in any order.
Dare I say it again...yes.... If you capture a photo for your use, please credit Maurie Pearson as the owner of same...
So, being a Velocette man, I'll start with some Velocette photos...
That said, coffee in hand, scroll through this offering...

  #30 Sid Willis, Smith frame, 1936 DOHC 350 works Velo cylinder head & cambox, converted by Sid to 250cc, 74mm bore  x 58mm stroke, Bathurst 1954
 

Bathurst 1955, Junior TT, Gavin Campbell #48 KTT Velo

 Bathurst 1955, Junior TT, Keith Conley #3, KTT Velo 3rd in Junior GP

 Bathurst 1955, Senior "Clubmans A" TT, #2 supposedly Allen Hart,but listed as #19.

 Bathurst 1956, Junior TT, Bryan Lemon #47 KTT Velo, 3rd placed.

Ken ( Wimpy) Nelson, 500 Velo outfit #122

Start Bathurst 1955, Senior "Clubmans B" TT, #6 Don K Wilson 500 OHV Velo. 

Bathurst 1957, Junior "Clubmans B"..#36 Bert Bayliss, 350 Velo

Bathurst 1958, Junior "Clubmans A"..#181 Ted Oberg, 350 Velo

Bathurst 1958, Junior "Clubmans B"..#19 Neil Swanson, 350 Velo.1st place.

 Bathurst 1958, Lwt TT..#45 Sid Willis 250 DOHC Velo,3rd place. cylinder head & cambox from a 1936 works 350 DOHC Velocette.

Mt.Druitt,08.12.57, International GP..Ted Oberg 1st place Junior Div.2, 2nd place in Senior Division 2...Velo

 Mt.Druitt,14.10.1956, R.Perrott, 1st Junior Clubmans div.1  Velo MAC

 Mt.Druitt,16.03.1958,Sid Willis #45 .. 250 DOHC, Velo, using an ex factory post WW2 factory 350 DOHC head & cambox. Sid had examples of both the pre & post WW2 factory DOHC setups.

Mt.Druitt,17.06.1957 NSW TT, J.Murphy 1st Junior "Clubmans B" on a MAC Velocette...the rocker box is cut-away to allow the use of hairpin valve springs.  

Mt.Druitt,17.06.1957 NSW TT, Lwt,  Sid Willis #45 DOHC Velocette & Jack Ahearn #2 NSU Sportsmax