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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Opened on London’s North Circular Road in 1938 as an ultra-modern refreshment stop. The Ace Cafe was destined to achieve fame 20 years later not for delicious fare and slick service but as a latter-day Dodge City where the cowboys rode motorbikes instead of horses. Open all hours the Ace was brightly lit and filled with rock’n’roll jukebox sounds. Frequented by the capital’s night birds: truck drivers musicians and underworld characters it was also a hang-out for spirited young motorcyclists. They fettled their noisy machines on the forecourt tore off on 100mph burn- ups played games of dare and raced each other to the horror of Mr and Mrs Suburbia and the authorities.