Afraid I can't help with the bike. To the uninitiated, one looks much like another
My dad had the one pictured below in the mid 50s and I know that was a 1949 Norton 500. It must have been those years '54-'57, with my brother and I as snug as bugs in the sidecar, whilst mom and dad were dressed in the obligatory huge 'leathers', dad with the gauntlets but still soaked in the rain, that determined that I would always want four wheels with a roof!!!
Many happy times were had however, with occasional trips to the coast and most Sundays spent in the Peak district. One memory springs to mind of a rear tyre puncture, the AA man came out and stuffed it with grass from a nearby field to get us home!! Halcyon days!!
