Rafferty Newman motorcycles / scooters Southsea
Discussion
When I were a lad, I started my biking career on Vespa scooters and had great fun going around the country to scooter rallies.
Progressed onto faster bikes by 19, but that's another story.
Anyway, I used to frequent 'Rafferty Newmans' in Exmouth Road, Southsea, for parts and bits as they were a scooter specialist as well as doing bigger bikes. Great 'Alladin's Cave' type place. I reckon the last time I went there was, oooh, maybe 1992 ish...
Anyway I was in Southsea yesterday, and on the way home thought I'd drop by.
Annoyingly, Raffs is now a block of flats, and the great little cafe that was opposite is an estate agents.
I was well gutted, in a kind of nostaligic 'another part of my youth gone' kinda way.
Anyone know when it shut down and went?
And for those of you who knew the place - I wonder what happened to the hundreds of petrol tanks hanging up??!!
Progressed onto faster bikes by 19, but that's another story.
Anyway, I used to frequent 'Rafferty Newmans' in Exmouth Road, Southsea, for parts and bits as they were a scooter specialist as well as doing bigger bikes. Great 'Alladin's Cave' type place. I reckon the last time I went there was, oooh, maybe 1992 ish...
Anyway I was in Southsea yesterday, and on the way home thought I'd drop by.
Annoyingly, Raffs is now a block of flats, and the great little cafe that was opposite is an estate agents.
I was well gutted, in a kind of nostaligic 'another part of my youth gone' kinda way.
Anyone know when it shut down and went?
And for those of you who knew the place - I wonder what happened to the hundreds of petrol tanks hanging up??!!
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