Clem Beckett : motorcycle legend and war hero
Hargreaves, Robert (Journalist)2022
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Clem Beckett was 14 when he first rode a homemade motorcycle over the cobbled streets of his hometown. It was the start of a lifelong love affair with speed and machines. For Beckett, the motorbike was a means of escape from the uncertain future of Oldham's stricken industries in the aftermath of the First World War. Beckett's zest for life, his natural exuberance and determination to be a winner, overcame the disadvantages of a poor home bereft of a father. As a pioneering Dirt Track (speedway) rider he broke records galore, and as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War he broke down class barriers. Whether as a tearaway teenager, an outspoken sportsman, or a member of the Communist Party, his life was characterized by broadsides of irreverence towards authority.
Main title:
Clem Beckett : motorcycle legend and war hero / Rob Hargreaves.
Author:
Hargreaves, Robert (Journalist), author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2022.
Collation:
248 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781399098427 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1197014
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