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Hi Bruce.
Guess we must have been members at about the same time but forgive me as my poor memory does not remember you.
I remember Tony Gowland at the track on many occasions and he also attended one club dinner I was at. He was certainly very friendly with older members of the club. I never saw him on a Sunday club run but I guess he had more important things to do :-) I assumed he was more of a social than an active member though I couldn't tell you if he actually paid his subs!
Time trialling certainly has changed since those days. Racing on the A1 and other main roads out of London on Saturday afternoons. I remember doing my best 25 time on the A2 in Dartford - it now a six lane motorway!
The club's road race was at a place called Hazelmere, just a few miles beyond Beaconsfield. I too marshalled there but wasn't really good enough to compete. I did some road racing at Eastway though. I remember cycling up that big hill on A40 to the course.