The Classic MotorCycle

Till we meet again

I’m sure, like me, many of you have other hobbies that sit alongside your motorcycling pursuits. Regular readers will know about my predilection for vintage go-karts, but until now I haven’t mentioned that I also take an interest in the Gledhill Company of Halifax. Gledhill made all sorts of things – including bomb aiming devices – but they are probably best known for their Gledhill-Brook time recorders (clocking in machines for places of work) and cash registers.

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