Listings of the latest information, news and events that will interest our members
4-3-08
This short history, chronicling the first 30 years of the world
famous FIFTY NINE CLUB® for young motorcyclists, is the
very personal account by Mike 'Cowboy' Cook, the only
person actually there for practically the whole of the period.
Joining as an ordinary member sometime in 1963 when the
Club was only a few months old, he quickly became involved in
helping to run things. By the time the Club was formed into a
limited company (registered as a charity) in 1965, he was so
involved that he was asked to join the Council of Management.
Three years later after training as a youth and community
worker, he returned to the Club as a fulltime leader. In 1971,
with help from voluntary leaders, he was left to manage the
Club on his own for the following 21 years, until
circumstances brought about his redundancy in 1992.
The book is now available by ordering direct from
The 59 Club
Cost including post and packing:
For dispatch to UK £16.00
Europe £18.00
Rest of World £21.00
Please Note -
We can only accept payments in British pounds
Write, telling us the number of copies required and enclosing a cheque for the total cost to:
Sandra Hall
c/o The 59 Club
387a Barking Road
Plaistow
London
E13 8AL
United Kingdom
Please print your name and the address to be dispatched to clearly
Include your telephone number in case of query
1-3-08
Problems in accessing the Club's Hotmail email account have now been resolved and outstanding messages will be answered as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
21-10-07
Our very own 'Batman', Terry, will be playing in Paris on the 24th November 2007 for The 59 Club of France.
More details of the event on their website (access from our Marketplace page) and in our November diary page.
Everyone is invited so either get out those winter woolies or give Eurostar a go.
Next Year's "Tinsel & Turkey" Party is now being set up. Full details will follow but stick the date in your diary now! 16th February 2008
20-9-07
Following the very sad loss of Marta in a motorcycle accident last week, 'The Ace Cafe' on the North Circular Road in North London will be having a Special Gig in her memory.
Friday 16th November
Details are on our November Diary page
All proceeds and donations will go into a Trust Fund for Marta's daughter.
Please come along and show your support
You can contact 'The Ace Cafe' Directly on
++44 (0) 20 8961 1000 Tel
++44 (0) 20 8965 0161 Fax
19-9-07
It will soon be 59 Club Day at 'The Ace Café'
Details are on the September Diary Page in this website.
(30th Sept)
Check it out and come along and have a fun day.
23-4-07
Are you out of work, on benefits and wondering what to do next with your life?
Do you live in, or near, Lambeth in South London?
Would you like to learn the skills to be a motorcycle mechanic?
Lambeth College is continuing to run courses in Motorcycle Repair and Maintenance
at City & Guilds NVQ Level 1 and 2 and is now offering a new IMI Level 3 course.
Are you already working as a mechanic but don't have a formal qualification?
The same college is doing a City & Guilds VRQ Level 2 course in the evenings
Interested? Call 020-7501-5000 and talk to Course Advice or check out their excellent website ...
http://www.lambethcollege.ac.uk
All courses start in September 2007 and run for 1 year
21-3-07
Due to circumstances beyond our control we can now only accept International Money Orders and/or Cheques in Sterling.
If you can only send your national currency you will need to add the equivalent of £6.00 Sterling to cover additional Bank Charges to clear your payment.
This has been forced on us by the banks.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
14-3-07
Calling all members living in Lincolnshire.
A group of 59 Club members have been meeting regularly on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month at The Black Bull in Ruskington.
Meetings start at 8:00 pm and everyone is welcome
If you are anywhere in the area why not pop along and join in?
For more details contact 'Mini' Morris on 01526-832609
12-3-07
Check out the Diary Page for March
We have been invited, at short notice, to attend an event at The Pump House Steam and Transport Museum in Walthamstow in North London.
The London Sidecar Club are going to be there and the place looks lioke it could be a whole lot of fun.
Come along, join in and support your 59 Club. Oh, and help to keep some of the Heritage of this great old country of ours alive as well.
4-2-07
Ever wanted to ride a Harley-Davidson? Felt the "FIRE" and All-Consuming Urge to get your legs across one of the greatest and most recognisable symbols of the freedom of motorcycling? Well, now you have a chance.
Check out the marketplace page on our website and link to Hadrian's Harley-Davidson Tours.
Tours using brand-new Harley's start in May of this year and this surely has to be one of life's experiences you simply cannot miss.
click here to go to the marketplace page
3-2-07
Once again the wonders of modern technology let us down. The Internet, the Electronic Super-Highway, the gateway to all the information a man or woman (or 59 Club Member) could ever wish for, all worth nothing if the main computer server dies.
Once more your favourite club found itself at the mercy of the WorldWideWeb of bugs and gremlins.
What can we say? It took a LOT of phone calls, a LOT of emails, a LOT of Blood, Sweat and Tears (Well, maybe not that much actual BLOOD, but ...) to get the problem sorted but we are back now and hoping to avoid a repetition in future.
Please accept our apologies and our thanks for staying loyal to us. Check out the date of the 59 Club Day at The Ace and come and let us thank you in person
1-10-06
The winner of the terrific Kiddimoto children's wooden motorbike was: (pause for trumpet fanfare)
From
London
Well Done Lisa. We all hope you get a lot of fun out of the bike.
6-9-06
Please scroll down to the Fragment Films item which has been updated with new pictures.
25-8-06
We welcome another new kid on the block in the shape of Classic Bike Hire. This is a new company based in Surrey, England who have a number of Classic motorcycles for hire. Their website is listed on our marketplace page and is well worth a look. They are currently offering a £10.00 discount to 59 Club members who have a current, valid membership card. As for me, I want to take the BSA A10 out for a spin!
20-8-06
Kiddimoto and Riders for Health have joined forces to raise £10,000 for a special appeal to provide motorcycles for health teams in Africa to travel over inhospitable terrain in the fight against such terrible diseases as bubonic plague, still rife out there.
Troy Corser and many leading figures from British Super Bikes, World Super Bikes, MotoGP and MotoX teams are involved.
Look out for the fundraising charts at The 59 Club Hospitality Tent at Brighton on the 10th September where we will be taking part in The Ace Café Reunion Run
Just £1 per entry in a simple competition will help the appeal and YOU have the chance to win a fabulous Kiddimoto bike!
We raised over £110.00 at Brighton
Many, many thanks to everyone who gave so generously.
We will post the name of the Kiddimoto bike winner as soon as it is announced
For more details check out the Riders for Health and Kiddimoto websites
20-8-06
1) Classic Bike Tours have not responded to any of our calls and we must assume they are no longer able to offer a service to our members. Therefore we have removed their logo from our web site.
2) We would like to welcome Rockashop as one of our recommended partners. Check out the new link on the marketplace page. They offer a wide range of clothing and are offering a 5% discount to 59 Club members who hold a valid and current membership card.
3) Are you a fan of the great Gene Vincent? Do you have any photographs, memorabilia or stories about him and his concerts? If so, an American film company would be very interested to hear from you. Please contact the 59 Club through the normal email link on this website.
4) Café Racers of the 60s. 'Rockers' 'Greasers' 'Teddy Boys' and 59 Club members and guests. A Japanese film company is looking for stories, pictures and anything from those wonderful days for a film they are putting together. Did you ride a Café Racer then? Triton, Tribsa, Norbsa, Velo, Vinnie, Bonnie, T110, Square Four, Goldie, RGS, Connie, Dommie? Got a picture? Got a story, tale or saga? Get in touch with the webmaster here on The 59 Club website and let's put you in touch.
19-8-06
FRAGMENT FILMS
PATHÉ NEWSREEL films – the ‘59 CLUB’ 1962
IN SEARCH OF ‘RAY ANTON’
The research team for the popular Anglia and London ITV archive film series, ‘The Way We Were’ are keen to track down Ray Anton who featured in some Pathé newsreel related to the 59 Club – perhaps you can help….
In 1962 popstar wanabee – window cleaner Ray Anton performed ‘As if I Cared’ to a packed audience in the 59 Club in Hackney. Do you know if RAY ANTON (possibly his stage name) is still around? – do you remember him at all?
Also
In 1967 a film was made of the VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE (VES) and featured in particular a young biker called TONY ROPER.
At the start of the film is a young man answering the telephone – again, if you know of Tony’s whereabouts or the chap on the phone or anyone involved in the VES at that time and can help with any information about the Service which operated then – please get in touch with either the 59 Club’s John Ryan through the usual email address or the series researcher:
Thanks to some excellent detective work, Jane has now contacted Tony Roper. Thanks to everyone who offered their help.
Jane Jarvis on (01379) 668675 or by email at jane@jarvis7.wanadoo.co.uk
16-8-06
Our telecommunications company are carrying out some essential work here and our telephone and fax line will be unavailable for a while. We have not been able to find out how long this situation is likely to last so we have arranged for a new mobile telephone number for members to contact us.
Please call to speak to someone during normal Club opening hours or leave a message on the voicemail at other times and we will call you back as soon as possible. The number follows:-
07990-768627 from the UK
+44 (0) 7990-768627 from overseas
27-7-06
We have been putting together a montage of photographs from the early days of The 59 Club and leading towards the present day. You can look at some of these if you click on the new link on The Menu Page of this website. The pictures are in no particular order but we hope they will bring back memories and give everyone a taste of how things were. Have a look and see if you recognise yourself or friends. And if YOU have any pictures you would like to see on the site, please send them in to us. More pages and pics added 29th.
25-7-06
A new, downloadable version of the membership application form has been added to the relevant page. This will open directly in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Office Word Viewer if you have them on your computer and will be far easier to print off.
22-7-06
Three news items today. Classic Bike Magazine are preparing a new website which is going 'live' in August. They are going to link to the good old 59 Club and we have added a link to them on our marketplace page. At the moment it goes to their old website but will switch the moment the new one goes online.
We just received a poem from one of our contributors in the USA. Have a look at the Jokes pages (Page 2) and see what you think. Maybe we should start a poetry competition?
And finally we have a picture sent in from Australia of a beautifully restored Triton. Check out the Reader's Pics page.