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On the subject of Kerby’s G50 Metisse

Dear CR

The reference to Tom Kerby’s G50 Metisse (letter, cracking read, issue 190) reminded me of a day many, many years ago when a friend, who will be nameless for obvious reasons, asked if I and my good pal Tony Collison would accompany him to Romford to collect a G50 Metisse he had purchased from Tom Kirby.

So off we went, arriving at Tom’s shop at Roneo Corner, meeting Tom and after a quick nose around the bike was loaded and homeward bound. Now, I can’t say in any certainty that

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