Contemporary Nostalgia

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A trip down memory lane for 961 owners from 2010 to 2020.

Conception.
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Construction
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Birth
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Meeting up with your mates
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First trip abroad
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Dodging lockdowns to meet up and reminisce
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Time to make room for the new kids on the block!
Where did those ten years go?
 
The good old days, for sure.
But now everybody, take your medications, pain relievers, and put on your back supports, etc., and get ready for the re-birth - beginning next year.

Let's do it all over again.
 
First picture, the old fabrication "shed"
Second picture taken from near Engine Build in the Production area... in picture is Production Supervisor, Dom Murfin, on the left walking towards you, to the right is David Shires from bay 1, background left is Fabrication Manager, Ben...looks like he's talking to the Darren, one of the welders (their main guy tbh)... to the right of him, Sean the polisher, to the far right, looks like Kev Latham , stores manager sat down, to the left of him his assistant whose name evades me... to the right of him is Subassembler Michael Vann. I'm guessing this was took around early 2017ish? If so, I was probably in Engine Build at the time..... and I'm guessing the tour around that time was done by Andy Mellor?
Bottom picture, a reet old bunch of reprobates :-D
 
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How do I add photos? I have a few of my old phones, which will have a fair few interesting photos for you guys.
 
Took these in January 2016 when I placed the order for my bike , took my mate with me on the day that had a 850 in the 70,s , he made me tick every extra box apart from BST wheels & ally oil cooler , well didn’t need much persuasion at the time , where are these bikes now ?
 

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This pic was in a government leaflet that came thru my door !
 

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I think these were taken in the 'shed'.
One comment made was, "I've got more equipment than Norton at home"!
 

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BLIGHTYBRIT/SF said:
This pic was in a government leaflet that came thru my door !
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Haha I remember that day...I was working in Engine Build then! The Norton staff were replaced with bloody actors! The overalls they're wearing were huge, so they had to pull all the slack out and but big clips on their backs to hold it all in place haha. Nothing to do with Norton though, they just wanted a setting.
 
ABS testing at Mira gearing up for euro4....was a good laugh two up on wet tiles haha. Cold miserable day though.
 
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Ah ok, cool...cheers! I'll gather all the pics Ive got and get it sorted. There should be a few early v4 shots in there as well as 961 stuff.
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Its that or upload to one of the free hosting sites and link them to any post you make here (or elsewhere)
 
S. Bodycote said:
Haha I remember that day...I was working in Engine Build then! The Norton staff were replaced with bloody actors! The overalls they're wearing were huge, so they had to pull all the slack out and but big clips on their backs to hold it all in place haha. Nothing to do with Norton though, they just wanted a setting.
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I think I may have had one of the engines the actors built ;)
 
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