Wallasey Motor Club

The Wallasey Motor Club is made of men and women who either have motor cars, motor cycles scooters or karts (or else they share one with their husband or boyfriend). It's a friendly Club, although at times we flare up over something or other which is important to us as a Club. Before the Club was formed, a group of riders including the late Les Graham, used to meet on the waste land on Gorsey Lane every Sunday, and from there a crowd of maybe thirty riders would set off on a run. These riders held together so well that they decided to form a Club and so in 1929 the Wallasey Motor Bike Club was born. Entrance Fee 3/- and Yearly Membership 10/-. (In fact we are proud to say that membership is still only 10/- a year, with reduced rates for the under 18's and lady members). The first Club Headquarters were over a stable (I think this was in Rice Lane) at a rent of 5/- weekly and it was patronised every night of the week, especially on Sundays after Club Runs, when they would settle down for a game of Housey-Housey (now they call it Tombola). As to the sporting activities, the Club held four closed trials a year. Many of the members either raced or acted as Marshals at the meetings held by the Oswestry Club at Park Hall, Oswestry. During the following years new faces appeared on the scene and the sporting activities have increased.