Both of those bikes could do with some air in the rear tyres! I could do with one of those short pattern DR coats. There must be another two bikes out of shot as there are four DRs present...Ian

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This photo was taken In Northamptonshire and the pub (with the Phipp's Brewery sign)is still there. I believe it was part of 'Operation Bumper'

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Is it the Six Bells in Bicester?

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bicester sounds good as the army was and still is around that area

Yes it's the Six Bells in Bicester... You can street view it in Google maps. Hope this link works...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=active&q=six+bells+bicester&um=1&biw=1399&bih=937&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il

If not then paste this map reference into the Google maps search bar. 51.896540, -1.154977

The great thing about Google maps (for those who dont know) is that you can zoom in on a place and also click & drag the little orange man on the zoom slider and drop on any road that then highlights blue. It's a question then of navigating around and seeing the sights! Brilliant stuff, just dont go peeping through windows.

It's definately Bicester (Church Street), it's during Exercise Bumper see HMVF

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?8261-Exercise-Bumper-1941-England

this is 1x of a series of photos shown in Life magazine, during the period.
Best Regards
Gary

Nice to see a pic of how bikes were loaded "pre pannier". I wonder if there was an official limit on how much you could cramm on!
Cheers, Mick.

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