Classic Racer

TED MELLORS

A few years after Ted Mellors’ untimely death in 1946, the noted author, historian and rider Geoff Davison received a telephone call from Gladys Mellors, Ted’s widow.

She had discovered a manuscript typed by her late husband recalling his racing experiences. She didn’t know when it had been written, but they assumed it to have been 1934 or 1935 as the text ended with the 1933 season. Geoff Davison helped get Ted’s story published in 1949 in

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