The Ace Cafe Then and Now

Ramsey, Winston

ISBN 10: 1870067436 / ISBN 13: 9781870067430

Verlag: After the Battle, 2002

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The book opens with the first beginnings of bike racing in the London area — at High Beech — in 1928 and continues with the pre-war history of the North Circular as one of Britain’s new ‘arterial’ roads, and?the establishment of the Ace ‘road-house’ at Stonebridge Park in 1939. Then, Barry ‘Noddy’ Cheese, one of the Ace’s original ‘ton-up’ boys, paints a graphic picture for us of the excitement of life at the cafe in the 1950-1960s. The controversial Dixon of Dock Green TV episode is covered as is the making of the classic film The Leather Boys and?the book goes on to describe events leading up to the closure and subsequent isolation of the Ace with the construction of the new bypass in the 1990s. The?story is brought up to date with the resurrection of the cafe’s fortunes under Mark Wilsmore and the fantastic reopening celebrations in September 2001.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Former owner of After the Battle and founder of the parent company Battle of Britain International Ltd, Winston Ramsey has dedicated most of his life to producing books and magazines of the highest quality and content. He started the company while running his family printing business when he was just 18 and has since gone on to produce over 260 magazines and close to 100 books, some with his wife Gail, which are mostly military themed and some non-military. These books mostly have the Then and Now' theme synonymous with After the Battle titles. Winston finally retired in October 2021 at the age of 81.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Ace Cafe Then and Now
Verlag: After the Battle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Used; Very Good