
Another of Mike Lambden's pictures
from the 1975 TT Relay Walk. On the left of
the picture (10) is Pippy Kermode who was a fine
all round athlete. On the right is my old friend
Allen Moore who at this point had never shaved in
his life! Allen qualified as a pharmacist and has
worked all his working life at Nobles Hospital.
Whilst studying he took part in the Bradford 50km
walk and I remember sleeping on his floor the night
before the race. There is some weird looking guy
in the background to the picture!
The latest picture from the Mike
Lambden 1975 TT Relay Walk collection shows Simon
Capelen around the 12 mile point. I've mentioned
Simon on this site before - he was a great rival
and friend of mine at school and has made an occasional
reappearance in the odd run. Note the Manx AC vest
- his family were great workers for the club. His
late father Walter was secretary for several years.
In the background are Simon's team mates from the
Isle of Man Board of Silly Walks team. Murray Lambden
& Allen Moore. We entered as the Ministry of
Silly Walks on one occasion (after the famous John
Cleese/Monty Python sketch but changed to a Manx
version for the next two years. In those days the
Manx Government was run by Boards and not Departments.

The final picture from Mike
Lambden's 1975 TT Relay Walk collection features
my cousin Graham Crowe who used to do a fair bit
of race walking before singing, hockey and other
interests took over. Graham celebrated his 50th
birthday in style in September. Just in camera on
the left is the late John Corrin who used to feature
nearly every year in the event along with Ron Ronan,
Dave Wilkinson and others including Derek Harrison
and John Curphey. John is greatly missed after his
sudden death last year. On the right are Murray
Lambden & Allen Moore (yet again) and the old
Lambden family Hillman Minx. Any of my contemporaries
viewing this page may remember that car for the
number of my friends (9 on one occasion) that we
used to squeeze in on a Saturday night.
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