October 16, 2026

Born to Be Mild: Valerie, 87, Rides Again in a Vintage Sidecar

Illustration: a laughing grandmother in goggles and a scarf rides in the sidecar of an old green motorbike on a sunny country lane

Valerie Harvey bought her first motorbike back in the 1950s, and decades later the staff at her care home in Holt, Norfolk, arranged a ride in the sidecar of a 1928 Panther. Her son said she leapt into the sidecar as if on pure muscle memory.

Source: BBC News ↗