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Dear Editor

During the time that we were gathering memories for Vic Harvey’s obituary, disappointingly I could not find the attached photo. This situation recently changed, sadly far too late.

Nevertheless, I thought I would share this image with you as we approach the 50th anniversary of the moment Vic and I were caught on camera with his Foden S type. Not the best in terms of photographic quality, but all the same a special memory for myself. Vic entered the Foden for the 1973 Trans-Pennine run which took place on Sunday 5 August that year. At that time,

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