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Girls just wanna have fun!

By 1986, scooter life had moved on another step; times were slowly changing and so were the lives of the scooterists living on the south coast of the UK.

Emily had, by this time, bought another scooter, ‘Needle in a Haystack’, the second of her three Vespa Primaveras; it was the first custom scooter she had owned. By this time, she was now fully involved with the Rockin Roosters all girls scooter club, and being 18, the world was her oyster. The Longlete Sunday football meetings had started, which she attended, as well as going to the various scooter rallies of the year.

Exmouth rallyy

Glevum Stax custom show

Anita Holmes-Smith

At 16 I bought my first Suzuki 50 (unrestricted); my dad had always had bikes, so I followed… I saw a few scoots knocking around town (Southport Patriots) and became friends with them and learned the error of my ways…

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