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Get your own Happy Anyday Greeting!1988 saw the birth of the Show when the late Jack Moore, an ex-clubman road racer, gathered a few classic motorcycles together as an added attraction at his local Wrose- (a district of Bradford) Village Gala. The interest in the Bikes was amazing and he therefore managed to increase the number of bikes over the next couple of years.Such was the success of this that Jack worked on the idea of separating from the Gala and putting on a bike only Show with any profits made going to local welfare groups, Jack being a full-time carer himself for his son who is quite severely disabled. The Wrose Historic Motorcycle Show was born. The first bike only Show was a huge success, held in a restricted motor garage area and the chief guest was Geoff Duke. The following four Shows were held in a municipal wholesale market and were also highly successful BUT the writing was now on the wall. Bradford Council, who called the tune, imposed ever-increasing conditions on the use of this market and these in turn meant ever-increasing overheads. The Year 1995WHITE ROSE CUSTOM & CLASSIC FESTIVALAfter many late nights we managed to negotiate an arrangement with the Management of an outdoor activities centre in Ilkley and the format was to take in many minor changes. We were hopeful that with the benefit of a countryside location and a new name we might just pull it off, but sadly it was not to be. We are still not sure what went wrong but it may even be just down to the foibles of bikers and motorcycling generally. We thought we were professional at this game but fate took a hand. Once again, more thinking required. The year - 1996.WHITE ROSE MOTORCYCLE CLUBAfter many inquests it was obvious to all that the Shows of the past were now a non-starter. We were determined not to throw in the towel completely, but to survive in some shape or form.First of all we would become a club. We had already dropped the W in Wrose and had adopted the Yorkshire emblem in our title of White Rose Motorcycle Club. We had already experimented with a Christmas Toy Run, which was well supported and received. It was decided to continue with these Runs at an increased scale, and then the club decided to organise a Show in a reduced form, known as Shipley Bikefest.The White Rose Motorcycle Club meets every Wednesday, at 8.00pm at the Coniston pub (www.theconiston.co.uk, Louisa Street, Idle, Bradford. Come down and have a pint and a chat, we'd love to meet new faces.
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