LOH News
BATTLE OF THE SEXES –TENPIN BOWLING
COMPETITION
WEDNESDAY 30 JULY
8PM, DUNDONALD ICE BOWL
Two teams of eight required. Members and non-members eligible.
£4.50 PER TEAM MEMBER
SPECTATORS FREE. YOU CAN BE OUR CHEERLEADERS
BRING YOUR POMPOMS!
FAIR PLAY AND GOOD CRAIC GUARANTEED!
All welcome
If you fancy your chances, please call Tracey Semple
on 07715 336695 or 028 9335 4210 as soon as possible.
Dublin invasion : Newsflash – from
our Dublin correspondent
Following the invasion of Dublin by thousands of tourists
and stag parties in recent years, the fair city faced a new threat
on Saturday 19 April when it was invaded by a previously unknown
horde of revellers.
The group were described by anxious onlookers as a party
of rufty-tufty Harley owners. They seemed determined to visit
as many hostelries as possible within a limited time period or,
in the case of their female companions, the Grafton Street shops.
The leader was identified as a woman called Tracey or,
as some people referred to her, trolley dolly.
The good-time group travelled to Dublin by coach, with
pick-ups in Antrim, Belfast and Lisburn, and arrived in the Irish
capital around 11.30am. The journey was without incident apart
from one traveller having a mini nervous breakdown when her bank
card was swallowed by a cash machine at Central Station.
On arrival, the group split up into smaller factions,
with some (the female contingent) opting to beat their credit
cards into submission and others, led by hollow legs Sam Semple,
aiming to drink Dublin dry.
Fortunately, no-one missed the coach for the return
journey which featured such delights as Tracey’s travelling
tombola, singalongaJean and JP modelling his latest purchase.
It was a tired but happy crowd who arrived back in Northern
Ireland that night.
Seriously folks, more than 30 Provincewide members
and friends enjoyed the trip and raised £112 for charity.
Thanks to all who supported the Ladies of Harley
bus trip. It couldn’t have happened without you. I’m still
getting my voice back (although some – like Sam Semple – would
say that’s not a bad thing!)
Tracey
Mamma Mia, 15 March 2008
For the Ladies of Harley,
fun is really ‘the name of the
game’
Saturday 15 March saw the magnificent seven Ladies of Harley arrive
at the Odyssey for the feel-good musical, ‘Mamma Mia’.
Reports are that they tripped the light fantastic so well that
they should now be known as the dancing queens!
Here’s to the disco divas:
Helen
Hilda
Carol Anne
Alexis
Doreen
Liz
Sue
They super-troupered around the Odyssey in some style. They ‘took
a chance on me’ going to see this musical and had the time
of their lives.
Europa get-together
Our get-together in the Europa on Sunday was a great success.
Thanks to all of you who turned up. In total we had 10 members.
We had a very productive meeting – the craic was great, we
got to know lots more about each other and came up with lots of
great ideas for the coming year. A variety of events offering something
for everyone (drink, men, music, food – and just for Sue,
posing pouches!) – is on the agenda.
The First LOH Night Out
The first (and hopefully not last!) Ladies of Harley night out
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Ladies of Harley History
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| Written on the back of the original photo--"This was
taken at the Laconia Gypsy Tour in June 1940. Dot Smith, San
Francisco, Harley 61 / Linda Degeau, Providence, Harley 45
/ Dot Robinson, Saginaw, Harley 74." |
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| 1947 photo of Dot Robinson and an unidentified rider on their
motorcycles, wearing their Motor Maids club uniforms. Black
and white photo with uniforms colorized. |
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| Dot Robinson in Daytona, 1984. |
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| Bessie Stringfield, who started riding when she was 16, was
the first African-American woman to travel cross-country solo. |
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| 1930s |
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| Daytona 1989. Image used in the 1990 flyer "A Woman's
Guide to Harley-Davidson"--information on H.O.G. and Ladies
of Harley. |
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