Eric Tate

We are sorry to learn of the death, at the age of 81, of Eric Gordon Tate, who was well-acquainted with the MOTOR SPORT staff, chaps like Lionel Hutchings, W S Braidwood, Grenville Manton and others, who were in almost at the birth of the paper. Indeed, Mr Tate discussed them, and the hilarious times they had all those years ago, when we lunched at the “Radnorshire Arms” in Presteigne some time back. He was clearly a 100% motoring enthusiast who had raced his first motorcycle at the age of 14 and in the days when he lived in Bushey ran a Morris two-seater before acquiring faster stuff. When I met him he was a Jensen enthusiast! WB