Café Racing: Rockers, Ton-up Boys and the 59 Club

Not long ago I was doing some research on the UK’s Rockers and Mods of the early 70s and in the course of investigating I came across a site selling café racer (properly pronounced ‘caff racer’ by intimates) T-shirts printed with various logos and designs. One of them was a black T-shirt that said simply (in white lettering) “More speed, Vicar!”

That was intriguing for several reasons, not least among…