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    Leicester Phoenix Scooter Club

    Apr 23, 2019 4 minutes
    Words & Photographs: Stu Smith

    Connections

    ounding member Kev Holden had held a fascination for scooters since seeing a group of Mods in Skegness back in 1963 when he was only six years old. Kev’s scootering interest was rekindled in the 70s when his friend, Paul Gaskin, got himself a Mod-style scooter. With Kev’s passion reignited, he bought himself an LD 125 Lambretta and then a Jet 200. Having taken to the streets on his scooter, Kev parked up for a while in the city centre and by luck was later joined by another scooterist, Adie Astell. Unbeknown to Kev and Adie, elsewhere in the city other scooterists including, Mark ‘Gibbo’ Gibson and Simon

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