{"id":111,"date":"2025-03-27T19:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2025-03-27T19:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:47:09","slug":"march-april-2025-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/03\/27\/march-april-2025-update\/","title":{"rendered":"March\/April 2025 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s been a busy few weeks since the last update with major updates of 1920s ads (1923-1928) to the database, thus bringing the total number of ads in the collection to 34,740.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Matchless compilation is now complete.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m also delighted to report on the completion of the Matchless book compilation, which at the the time of writing is awaiting final approval from Amazon. Additionally I&#8217;ve taken the opportunity to revise some of the other titles with\u00a0 a few bits of new material.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_115\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0DJGLGMQM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\" wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MatchlessCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MatchlessCover.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MatchlessCover-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0DJGLGMQM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matchless Adverts Compilation<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m up to date with the database, but as always I&#8217;m on the lookout for new material, consequently I&#8217;m not sure which years will be updated next.. I have a few leads to follow up, so keep tuning in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m also planning on continuing with website updates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What&#8217;s next in line for a compilation? Right now I&#8217;m not sure, but I&#8217;ve always wanted to create a Sidecars Compilation &#8211; there are more makes and models than you might imagine, and it would be an interesting exercise. A niche title for sure, but a worthy addition nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being a Nottingham lad I&#8217;d like to see if a Raleigh compilation is viable. As well as some rather cool motorcycles from the early days (pre 1930s) they also built three-wheelers and later on in the 1960s introduced mopeds and scooters.. here&#8217;s a taster, the earliest from 1904, and latest from 1960.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Motor-Cycling-June-14th-1904-Ad-Ref-26209.jpg\" alt=\"1904 Raleigh cyclecar\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Motor-Cycling-June-14th-1904-Ad-Ref-26209.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Motor-Cycling-June-14th-1904-Ad-Ref-26209-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1904 Raleigh cyclecar<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_120\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-image-120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Motor-Cycle-July-30th-1925-Ad-Ref-34520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Motor-Cycle-July-30th-1925-Ad-Ref-34520.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Motor-Cycle-July-30th-1925-Ad-Ref-34520-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1925 Raleigh Semi-Sports Motor Cycle<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_121\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-image-121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Motor-Cycle-November-23rd-1933-Ad-Ref-16148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Motor-Cycle-November-23rd-1933-Ad-Ref-16148.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Motor-Cycle-November-23rd-1933-Ad-Ref-16148-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1935 Raleigh Sports Tourer Three-Wheeler Car<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and finally the mopeds and scooters from 1960.. who can forget the Roma!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_118\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Motor-Cycle-Mechanics-November-1961-Ad-Ref-12448.jpg\" alt=\"Raleigh Roma\" width=\"498\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Motor-Cycle-Mechanics-November-1961-Ad-Ref-12448.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Motor-Cycle-Mechanics-November-1961-Ad-Ref-12448-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1960 Raleigh Roma &amp; Runabout Mopeds Advert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now so thank for tuning in.. time for tea now, but hoping for a nice day tomorrow so I can get out my bike again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy few weeks since the last update with major updates of 1920s ads (1923-1928) to the database, thus bringing the total number of ads in the collection to 34,740. The Matchless compilation is now complete. I&#8217;m also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/03\/27\/march-april-2025-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rockersbikeads.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}