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Grandma on a motorcycle

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With a cheery wave, a well-buttoned cardigan and a pair of stout shoes, this go-anywhere granny was headed for the hills.

Seated astride her motorcycle is 75-year-old Molly Pendleton, of Arundel Place, Brighton.

The grandmother of four apparently โ€œthinks nothing of a 200-mile ride on her motorcycle rounded off by some high-dives in the nearest swimming poolโ€.TCM Sept 2016 p114

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The caption goes on to explain that: โ€œThese out-of-door activities are not all that she is interested in however, for on Sundays she can be heard singing contralto in the church choir.โ€

The picture was published in The Motor Cycle of September 1, 1960, by which time Mollyโ€™s Sun was several years old.

Photograph: MORTONS ARCHIVE

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