1 .... Full first and last Name with Nickname.... ALAN HATCHER

2 .... Age.... 60

3 .... Town.... SHEFFIELD

4 ....Please give your service number and enough information to authenticate your service. OFFICIAL NUMBER ON JOINING NAVY IN 1963: P073834 HOWEVER THIS CJANGED AND ON LEAVING IN 1975 WAS: D 073834 J

5 .... Married? YES – 38 YEARS Wife's name, MARGARET …kids? NOW ADULTS, LAD AGED 33 HE’S A FIREFIGHTER IN SHEFFIELD, DAUGHTER AGED 35 – TEACHING ASSISTANT IN SHEFFIELD, 3 GRANDKIDS..

6 .... Hobbies other than soul/Scootering WALKING, SOME POOR WATER COLOUR PAINING
7 .....What Scooters do you own JUST ON,E A “HISTORIC” LAMBRETTA Li 150 SERIES 2 ORIGINALLY MADE IN AROUND MID ‘60’S

8 .... 3 Favourite Soul/Scootering events/venues of the past.... CAN’T SAY – JUST GOT BACK INTO SCOOTERING AFTER A LONG TIME (1970)!!

9 .... Favourite Soul/Scootering events/venues of the present.... BRID RALLY – NEARLY GOT THERE THIS YEAR ! BURTON BREWERS. STELL SITY SCOOTER CLUB SUMMER DO – FIRST FOR A LONG TIME BUT EXCELLENT WEEKEND. HOPE THERE’S MORE TO COME.

10 .... 5 Favourite Scooters Custom or model ............. ANY OF THE OLD Li SERIES 1 / SERIES 2 SCOOTERS

11 .... 5 Favourite present sounds.... NONE REALLY – ALL “MUCH OF A MUCHNESS NOWADAYS !

12 .... 3 Favourite albums.... KINKS GREATEST HITS / WHO “THEN AND NOW” / PAUL SIMON “RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS”

13 .... Favourite non soul/Scooter/Mod singer/group.... BEACH BOYS


14 .... Person you would like to be stranded on a dessert Island with............. JOAN BAEZ

15 .... Person you wouldn't like to be stranded on a dessert Island with.... THATCHER

16 .... Pet hates.... TOO MANY TO LIST – JUST A GRUMPY OLD GIT ALL ROUND! – JUST FOR STARTERS: SHOPPING MALLS, KIDS WHO BANG ON ABOUT HAVING NOTHING TO DO, THE NANNY STATE, PEOPLE WHO DON’T GIVE OUR LADS AND LASSES IN H.M. FORCES THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE.

17.....Best dealer CAMBRIDGE LAMBRETTA

18.....Worst dealer experience SUSPECT I WAS RIPPED OFF BY A LOCAL DEALER – CONVINCED HE SWAPPED MY ORIGINAL HORNCAST FOR A CHEAPO INDIAN ONE.

19.....How did you find out about the AFSC? LINK ON THE STEEL CITY (SHEFFIELD) SCOOTER CLUB WEBSITE