In addition to our extensive bike racing collection of
photographs, we have the following images from the
round-the-houses racing that took part in Douglas from 1934 to
1953.
TT Pioneers (1904-1922) - This is the story of the early, pioneering days of the Car TT - the first race of its kind in he world.
The entry list features many of the motoring greats of their day,
Freddie Dixon, Bira, Reg Parnell, Bob Gerard, Roy
Salvadori, Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn etc.
Photo price list
The FoTTofinders car collection includes static and/or action
shots of the following drivers:-
| 1934 Mannin Mooar
/ Mannin Beg (click to view) |
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| Baird, Robert - Riley | Black, Norman - M.G. Magnette | Cobb, John - Alfa Romeo | Dixon, Freddie - Riley |
| Dixon & Paul at finish | Dodson, Charlie - Alfa Romeo | Dodson, Charlie - M.G. Magnette | Don, Kaye - Alfa Romeo |
| Donkin, P.L. - M.G. | Eccles, Lindsey - Bugatti | Eccles, Roy - M.G. Magnette | Everitt, Bill - M.G. |
| Eyston, George - M.G. Magnette | Eyston & Dixon | Eyston & Hamilton | Fairfield, Pat - Riley |
| Gillow, V. - Riley | Hamilton, Ginger - M.G. Magnette | Hamilton, Hugh - M.G. Magnette | Handley, Wal - M.G. Magnette |
| Horton, R.T. - M.G. Magnette | Horton & Donkin | Laird, H. - Mc Evoy Special | Lewis, The Hon. Brian - Singer |
| Lewis, The Hon. Brian - Alfa Romeo | Mannin Mooar Start | Martin, Charlie - M.G. Magnette | Mays, Raymond - E.R.A. |
| Paul, Cyril - Riley | Rose Richards, Tim - Bugatti | Sameiro, Vasco - Alfa Romeo | Shuttleworth, Dick - Bugatti |
| Staniland, Chris - Bugatti | |||
| 1935 Mannin
Mooar / Mannin Beg (click to view) |
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| Baird, Robert - M.G.R. | Black, Norman - M.G.R. | Dobson, Austin - Alfa Romeo | Dixon, Freddie - Riley |
| Eccles, Lindsey - Bugatti | Eccles, Roy - Alta | Fairfield, Pat - E.R.A. | Fontes, Luis - Alfa Romeo |
| Ford, John - M.G. Magnette | Hall, E.R. | Hamilton, Ginger - Alfa Romeo | Handley, Wal - M.G.R. |
| Humber, T.K. - Bugatti | Lace, A.C. - Alta | Lewis The Hon. Brian - Bugatti | Manby-Colegrave, Jock - M.G. Magnette |
| Mannin Beg Start | Mannin Mooar Start | Martin, Charlie | Mays, Raymond - E.R.A. |
| Rayson, Teddie - Bugatti | Rose Richards, Tim - Maserati | Wilkins, Dick - Alfa Romeo | |
| 1936 International (click to view) |
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| “Bira, B.” - E.R.A. | Cormack, A.J. - Alta | Dixon, Freddie. - Riley | Dodson, Charlie - Austin |
| Everitt, Bill - E.R.A. | Fairfield, Pat - E.R.A. | Howe, Earl - E.R.A. | Manby-Colegrave, Jock - E.R.A. |
| Mays, Raymond - E.R.A. | Paul, Cyril - E.R.A. | Rayson, Teddie - Maserati | Seaman, Richard - Delage |
| Tongue, Reggie - E.R.A. | Jucker, Phillip - Fraser Nash | Wakefield, Johnnie - Alta | Williams, H. - M.G. Magnette |
| 1937 International (click to view) |
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| “Bira, B.” - Delage | Connell, Ian - E.R.A. | Dobson, Arthur C - E.R.A. | Dobson, Austin - Maserati |
| Fairfield, Pat - E.R.A. | Graffenried, Emmanuel de - Maserati | Hanson, Robin - Maserati | Hughes, W. - M.G. Magnette |
| Maclure, Percy - Riley | Mays, Raymond - E.R.A. | Parnell, Reg - M.G. | du Puy, John - Maserati |
| Tongue, Reggie - E.R.A. | Villoresi, Luigi - Maserati | Whitehead, Peter - E.R.A. | The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing |
| 1947 British Empire
Trophy & Manx Cup races (click to view) |
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| Abecassis, George - E.R.A. | Ansell, Geoffrey - Aston Martin | Ansell, Bob - Maserati | Bainbridge, George - E.R.A. |
| Baird, Robert - M.G. | “Bira, B.” - Maserati | “Bira, B.” - Simca | Molyneux, George - H.R.G. |
| Brooke, Leslie - E.R.A. | Carrington, H.M.F. - Frazer Nash BMW | Chorlton, Michael - Bugatti | Clark, Peter - H.R.G. |
| Crook, Tony - Frazer Nash BMW | Crossley, Geoffrey - Alta | Cup race, Start | Darbishire, Sheila - Bugatti |
| Darbishire, Sheila - Riley | Panks, John - Alvis | Finch, Owen - Amilcar | Gerard, Bob - E.R.A. |
| Graham, Hector - M.G. | Hampshire, David - Challenger | Harrison, Cuth - E.R.A. | Harrison, Cuth - Riley |
| Jason-Henry, Guy - Maserati | Kennington, Frank - M.G. | Nickols, Ian - M.G. | Moore, Oscar - Frazer Nash BMW |
| Penn, Francis - Riley | Scott, Jack - H.R.G. | Rolt, Tony - Alfa Romeo | Tyrer, Gillie - Frazer Nash BMW |
| Whitehead, Peter - E.R.A. | Winterbottom, Eric - Emeryson | Woodall, Barry - Delage | |
| 1948 British Empire
Trophy, Manx Cup & Castletown Trophy races
(click to view) |
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| Abecassis, George - Alta | Abecassis, George - Maserati | Ansell, Geoffrey - E.R.A. | Ansell, Bob - Maserati |
| Appleton, R.J.W. - Appleton Spl | Ashmore, Fred - Maserati | Ashmore, Joe - E.R.A. | Ashmore & Jason-Henry |
| Baird, Robert - Emeryson | Bear, K.W. - Bugatti | Bolster, John - E.R.A. | Buckler, Derek - Buckler |
| Brooke, Leslie - ERA | Chorlton, Michael - Bugatti | Clark, P. - H.R.G. | Couper, W.M. - E.R.A. |
| de Mattos, Basil - M.G. | Darbishire, Mrs Sheila - E.R.A. | Fairman, J.E.G. - Bugatti | Folland, D. - H.R.G. |
| Gerard, Bob - E.R.A. | Gill, L.D. - M.G. | Gordon, J.S. - Maserati | Graham, H. - M.G. |
| Hamilton, Duncan - Maserati | Hampshire, David - Delage | Harrison, Cuth - Riley | Holt, E.W. - H.R.G. |
| Jason-Henry, Guy - Delahaye | Johnson, Leslie - Alvis | Johnson, Leslie - E.R.A. | Kennington, F.W. - M.G. |
| Marshall, J. - M.G. | Marshall & Clark | Matthias, M.E. - Riley | Mays, Raymond - E.R.A. |
| Monnier, Maurice - Monnier Spl | Nickols, Ian - Parnell Spl | Nixon, G. - Riley | Parnell, Reg - E.R.A. |
| Penn, Francis - Riley | Phillips, G.E. - M.G. | Poore, Dennis - Alfa Romeo | Rhiando, Spike - Cooper |
| Rolt, Tony - Alfa Romeo | Rowley, J.W. - Aston Martin | Salvadori, Roy - Alfa Romeo | Salvadori, Roy - Maserati |
| Salvadori & Parnell | Scott, J.T. - H.R.G. | Scott & Ripley | Tyrer, Gilbert - Frazer Nash BMW |
| Watkins, K. - Frazer Nash BMW | Watson, G.M. - Alta | Wilcocks, D.A. - M.G. | Wilkinson, Wilkie - Maserati |
| 1949 British Empire
Trophy, & Manx Cup races
(click to view) |
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| Abecassis, George - Alta | Abecassis, George - Cooper | Ansell, Geoffrey - E.R.A. | Ansell & Parnell |
| Ashmore, Fred - Maserati | Chorlton, Michael - C.D.L. | Claes, Johnny - Talbot | Clapp, Hugh - H.R.G. |
| Clark, P.C.T. - H.R.G. | Cooper, John - Cooper | Dryden, R.M. 'Curly' - Cooper | Dunham, Gerry - Alvis |
| Fairman, J.E.G. - Riley | Folland, Dudley - Ferrari | Gee, G.N. - Riley | Gerard, Bob - E.R.A. |
| Graham, Hector - M.G. | Hampshire, David - E.R.A. | Harrison, Cuth - E.R.A. | Heath, John - H.W. Alta |
| Horsfall, St John - E.R.A. | Jason-Henry, Guy - Alfa Romeo | Jacobs, R.W. - M.G. | Kelly, Joe - I.R.A. |
| Kennington, F.W. - Cisitalia | De Lissa, Basil- M.G. | Mattos, B.G. de - Spikins Spl | Moss, Stirling - Cooper |
| Murray, David - Maserati | Nixon, George - E.R.A. | Parnell, Reg - Maserati | Phillips, G.E. - M.G. |
| Richardson, G.N. - R.R.A. | Rose, K.H.F. - R.D.L. | Shillito, Gordon - Riley | Walker, P.D.C. - E.R.A. |
| Watkins, K. - B.M.W. | Winterbottom, Eric - Cooper | ||
| 1950 British Empire
Trophy, & Manx Cup races
(click to view) |
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| Baird, Robert - M.G. | Bolton, P.R. - H.W.-Alta | Brandon, Eric - Cooper | Christie, M.A.H. - Cooper |
| Clapp, Hugh - H.R.G. | Clark, Peter - H.R.G. | Clark & Dunham | Cooper, John - Cooper |
| Culpan, Norman - Frazer Nash | Dunham, Gerry - Alvis | Graham, Hector - Cooper | Jacobs, R.W. - M.G. |
| Kelly, Joe - I.R.A. | Lester, H. - Lester M.G. | Lester & Murray | Lester, Clapp, Kelly |
| de Lissa, Basil - M.G. | Lund, Ted - Lea-Francis | de Mattos, Basil - Cromard Spl | Merrick, R.W. - Cooper |
| Meyer, Tom - H.W.-Alta | Moore, Oscar - O.B.M. | Murray, W.H. - H.R.G. | Potts, Joe - Cooper |
| Reece, Peter - Riley | Rhiando, Spike - Rhiando-Trimax | Shillito, Gordon - Riley | Tyrer, Gilbert - Frazer Nash BMW |
| Winterbottom, Eric - Cooper | |||
| 1952 British Empire
Trophy races (click to view) |
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| Belfrage Black, W. - Jaguar | Boshier, Stanley - Jaguar | Buncombe, J. - Healey | Davis, F.C. - Cooper M.G. |
| Scott Douglas, Sir James - Jaguar | Duke, Geoff - Aston Martin | Griffith, Pat - Lester M.G. | Hamilton, Duncan - Jaguar |
| Hawthorn, J.M. - Frazer Nash | Hitchings, A.P. - Allard | Holt, E.W. - Jaguar | Jackson, P. - M.G. |
| Kelly, Joe - Jowett Jupiter | Leonard, L. - Cooper M.G. | Line, J.T.K. - M.G. | Llewellyn, M.R.G. - M.G |
| Mayers, Jim - Lester M.G. | Mitchell, H.A. - Frazer Nash | Moss, Stirling - Frazer Nash | Cuff Miller, E.W. - Jowett Jupiter |
| Parkfield Corner, massed field | Robinson, W.H. - Jowett Jupiter | Ruddock, Gerry - Lester M.G. | Salvadori, Roy - Frazer Nash |
| Skelly, Bill - Jowett Jupiter | Stewart, Ian - Jaguar | Swift, J.B. - Jaguar | |
| 1953 Empire Trophy
races (click to view) |
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| Barber, J.D. - Cooper | Black, W.B. - Frazer Nash | Boston, David - Jaguar | Brown, Alan - Cooper-Bristol |
| Davis, Cliff - Tojeiro | Dixon, R. - Aston-Martin | Downing, Ken - Aston-Martin | Dunham, Gerry - Frazer Nash |
| Gammon, Peter - Cooper-M.G. | Goldschmidt, H.J. - Performance Spl | Gould, H.H. - Cooper-M.G. | Griffith, Pat - Kieft |
| Harewood, Ernest - M.G. | Harewood & Gammon | Hitchings, A.P. - Lester-M.G. | Huxley, A.R. - Connaught |
| Jackson, P. - Lester-M.G. | Keen, M.J.C. - Kieft | Kemp Place, H. - Jaguar | Kenneth, P.J. - Frazer Nash |
| Leonard, L. - Leonard-M.G. | Lund, Ted - M.G. | Mayers, Jim - Kieft | Mickel, R.G. - Healey |
| Mitchell, H.A. - Frazer Nash | Moss, Stirling - Jaguar | Neilson, J. - Frazer Nash | Parnell, Reg - Aston Martin |
| Parnell & Moss | Riseley Pritchard, J. - Cooper-Riley | Reece, Peter - Cooper-M.G. | Ruddock, Gerry - Lester-M.G. |
| Ruesch, Hans - Ferrari | Ruesch & Moss | Scott-Russell, Peter - Frazer Nash | Sanderson, Ninian - Jaguar |
| Stewart, Ian - Jaguar | Stewart, Jimmy - Jaguar | Swift, John - Jaguar | Threlfall, Chris - Tojeiro |
| Titterington, Desmond - Allard | Watkins, K. - Allard | Westwood, A.C. - Healey | Wharton, Ken - Frazer Nash |