SO THIS IS YORKSHIRE 

Here are some of the reviews:-

“A large format book packed with nostalgic pictures of trials which took place in that fine county from 1910 to 1939.   In the many action shots of bikes and cars you can almost smell hot mud and exhaust fumes, plus exhaust notes and there is more  -  old documents, cartoons, accounts of personalities, freak hillclimbs, MCC and RAC events that passed through Yorkshire, views which tourists may care to seek out, the Scott trial, grass track races, old route cards, programme covers, posters, trophies even motorcycle football and a bit of IoM car racing.   Not to be missed if you enjoy looking back”.    BILL BODY – MOTORSPORT.

 “Probably one of the best pictorial productions of Yorkshire car and bike motor sport published for many years - great value for money”.   JOHN DICKINSON – TRIALS + MOTOCROSS NEWS.

“A remarkable collection of words and pictures published by Ilkley & District Motor Club.   Believe it or not there are 360 photographs covering the period 1910 to 1939.   At my advanced time of life, nostalgia is king, so I regard this book as the best ever published on Yorkshire motorcycle (and motor sport) sport.”   RALPH VENABLES – TRIALS + MOTOCROSS NEWS.

“It is profusely illustrated throughout with marvellous evocative photographs of both cars and motorcycles in action and takes the story from 1910 to 1939 all of which leads us to the hope that possibly at some time in the future a further volume will bring us up to date.   A super club project and an invaluable sporting record”.  MIKE WORTHINGTON-WILLIAMS – CLASSIC CAR MART.

“Off road drivers and motorcyclists are often castigated these days as destroyers of Dales green lanes and tracks but in the past hundreds turned out to watch daring young men race primitive machines over unmade lanes across passes and fellsides.   Sometimes the routes were more like beck bottoms than roads, producing astounding feats of skill and endurance on two wheels and four.   The Ilkley & District Motor Club has drawn on its extensive archive of amateur and professional photographs to produce this eye-opening collection.”   THE DALESMAN.

Janet Kitching