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Among the best known, time served scooterists and DJs of Halifax parish is ‘Dukesy’. Like many scooterists he’s a fan of the 1980s and when he decided to build the latest in a long line of scooters it was to be the physical incarnation of that era; it also had to be a model that was intimately associated with the decade. His scooter was to dare to echo his love of the penthouse and pavements of Halifax in the early 80s, and why not? He’s only human. We caught up in the centre of Halifax for a chit-chat about his memories made real.

Travelogue…

Dukesy… “I got into scootering in around 1976. I was at school and I’d seen some older lads with scooters on the fields where we used to play football. I saw a Lambretta Jet 200 and I

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