"Ton-Up Day", vintage British motorbikes and the book launch of author Chester Dowling's paen to the rocker lifestyle Just for Kicks brought out The Rapiers and a crowd of about 1,000 Sunday afternoon at historic Jacks Hill Cafe near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
"We played inside the cafe—didn't want to risk the rain—for an hour, which went down really well," says Nathan J. Hulse, noting the band appropriately burnished their hour-long set with a trio of tracks by "true blue British rocker Johnny Kidd", including I'll Never Get Over You, Lindy Lou and Please Don't Touch. Singers Billie Davis and Vince Eager also performed.
POLICE SQUAD: Black and white Rapiers Colin Pryce-Jones, Nathan J. Hulse, John Tuck and Dave Lawes look sharp when it counts. Photos by Janet Pryce-Jones.
BUILT FOR SPEED: A mate's BSA bike in front of Jack's Hill Cafe. Photo by Nathan J. Hulse.
Was an absolute brilliant day, great atmosphere, lots of classic bikes, rockers, greasy cafe, and the top brit band in the land to keep all us rockers happy. Hope they do another one soon !
And thanks to the Rapiers for playing all of our favourite rockin numbers.
Posted by: Heather | 27 July 2008 at 07:14 AM
Cool. Sounds like your classic "Best of British" day out was had by all.
Posted by: Greg O. | 27 July 2008 at 11:05 AM
Me,Val and friends, Terry and Jane Munday took a flying 4-wheeled visit to this excellent 2 wheeled venue and enjoyed sunshine, cafe grub, record and memorabilia stalls, 50's police cars, loads of great bikes and a knockout Rapiers set. Throw in numbers by Vince Eager and Billie Davies and an English Sunday afternoon was down in the annals of 'the great and the good'
Posted by: Roger White | 31 July 2008 at 02:29 PM
What a great day out.Loved it.Missis loved it.Bike was flying.Rapiers were great Keep on rockin. Lennie and Carole
Posted by: Len Stevens | 17 July 2009 at 02:41 AM