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                       Exiles & Road Racing

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A gathering together in the Exiles Club House 
includes Carlo Di Giovanni ( Manchester R.C. ) and Ron Pitts ( Addiscombe C.C. )

                                    


                                   Circuit of the Canal Zone

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                                    Prior to the start at  RAF Kasfareet
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     "Of course the Exiles will win" - Les line shooting to `Ginger` Weavers
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               The Start first day - RAF Kasfareet to RAF Abu-Sueir
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                Part of the field near Abu-Sultan on the Canal Road
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                The Exiles team wagon at Ismailia after the second day
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                  2nd day from RAF Ismailia to Port Said- Time trial
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DESOLATION    ! ! ! -  Whiffin (Exiles CC) chases the field up the Treaty Road
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               The start from Ismailia.  Les wearing cap with Ron Moffat
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   Chas Clarke attempts a breakaway at the Abu-Sultan feeding station

                                            
                                          Exiles in Cyprus

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                                                        General repairs by the wayside
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                               Kyrenia harbour and mountains
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                    Mount Carbonard, Villa Paradise, Pera - Pedhi
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Dennis Boulton, Frank Lewis,Terry Wesley and Les on the summit Mount Olympus some 6403 feet high
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Frank Lewis, Terry Wesley, Ron Clarkson, Les and Dennis Boulton at Platres in the Troodos Mountains
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                                      And now departing Platres for Troodos



The RAF Cycling Team including Exiles in Habbaniya and Baghdad May 1955

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                              Pete Curtis, Baz, Butch Carr and Ken Croucher with armed escort
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                                                                     Pre race scene

                               Les `s Exiles related pictures.


                           Click the small pics to enlarge ! ! !

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                            5-4-3-2-1-GO  !
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Ron Mills, Abu Sueir C.C.  The first and last man to beat the hour 59 - 59
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           Turn in the Inter- Command " 50 "
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                Maurice Hart - Exiles C.C.
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                                                                 Everybodies Hero

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  Jim Armitage-Exiles C.C. & South Bradford R.C.
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                    Abduls, Chas and Ron
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 Butch, Baz, Jim and Wes - Canal Road
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           Butch, Carr, Ron Pitt, Carlo di Giovanni
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 Exiles group after an early season training bash
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           Still there - too knackered to move
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                  Nearing the finish of A25
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Ginger Ayers and Brian Watson Abyad  Wheelers
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                                                            The gangs all here...at the Lido
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   Ron Smith-Exiles and Long Eaton Paragon CC
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                              Why worry   !
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         Wes winning the Grand Prix de Kasfareet
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            Circuit of Canal South in 1954







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                Billy Bentham Abu Sueir CC
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    John Horne, Aberdeen and Abu Sueir CC
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                  Chas Clarke and Les breakaway in 
                           The Circuit of Canal North
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         Ron Smith receives his award
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                                                     Jeff Sanders - official machine tester
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                Dick Crook-CIJ Viger  Burnley
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        Derek Parker..St Blazey  Cornwall
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                                                   Ron Pitt...Exiles CC  and  Addiscombe CC
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       Jock Millar and Ron Clarkson.. Fayid CC
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Harry Tayson with the Exiles Speedway " Hiron "

                                    


                                    Cycling out and about in the Zone

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      Canal Road near Ismailia-" Gebel Maryam "
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             The Mosque on the Canal Road
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                                          Roy Manser - Exiles CC - San Fairy Ann CC, Kent
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           Ismailia, near the native quarter
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                 Lake Timsah - YMCA Beach
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  Wes & bike at kilo 1 Ismailia
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         Canal Road near Deversoir Point. Vessel heading south

                                                 Port Said

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Local Mounted Police
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                                                               Gion Olas Restaurant
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                           A view fro Abbas Quay-Port Fuad.
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Another view from Abbas Quay over towards Port Said
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                                                                   A view from the park
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                                         Deversoir Point

         
                                                 and also

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                                         That mosque again beside the Canal Road
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                                               Les, left at the 1 kilo marker near Ismailia