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Harry's Newcastle Pie Run!

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  • SoftailSteve
    SoftailSteve
    13 years ago
    have work booked in for that day but if i can move them to another date anne and i will be there.
  • 883n Harley Convert
    883n Harley Convert
    13 years ago
    I'd be keen for that as well!
  • Rick1310
    Rick1310
    13 years ago

    Well Steamer you better put up another date for it as this would of been a nice day ride..

  • Anmac
    Anmac
    13 years ago

     Ride on dudes.

     

  • Rick1310
    Rick1310
    13 years ago

    I will be in always enjoy a ride thyat ends up with a pie & gravy...

  • Rick1310
    Rick1310
    13 years ago

     So who from the sydney end is interested in meeting up for the run up?

  • Rick1310
    Rick1310
    13 years ago

     mate just want to go for a ride stuff the pollies & clicks that what clubs are about....

     

  • SoftailSteve
    SoftailSteve
    13 years ago
    Anne and i are going to try to make it still trying to move work about
  • Anmac
    Anmac
    13 years ago

     go the long way count me in

    go the short way count me in

    if its sunny im always riding

     

  • Sturgis
    Sturgis
    13 years ago

     Hi Rick, I'm in. Looks like it'll be a nice autumn day for a run for a pie in Newy!

  • PUNJABI_DuDE
    PUNJABI_DuDE
    13 years ago

    Pm sent to rick n convert .

  • solo
    solo
    13 years ago

    Hi guy's...if I don't get called into work I'm in...I live in Sutherland, anyone from Sydney South want to meet up with me...

     

  • Rick1310
    Rick1310
    13 years ago

    All the sydney riders that are in for the pie run on Saturday we can meet up at the start of the F3 under the the 1st bridge just after you get on meet at 8.15 depart at 8.30 & we can get petrol & the twin servo just be for we meet up with the others at  Sparks Road North.

    Here is a link just incase for those not sure of the meet point. 

    http://g.co/maps/y7k8s

  • 883n Harley Convert
    883n Harley Convert
    13 years ago
    Getting my cables repaired tomorrow, bike should be ready to go for Saturday morning. Looking forward to it gents!!

    Waz
  • PUNJABI_DuDE
    PUNJABI_DuDE
    13 years ago
    sorry guys m out .. my kms adding up too quick and gotta have the bike's first service done. (Did'nt get ne service date this week). Will catch next time.
  • Rick1310
    Rick1310
    13 years ago

     can always do it your self

  • Underground
    Underground
    13 years ago
    This ride looks good and I need a decent one before shoulder surgery next Tues.

    The F3 meet point is shortly after turning off onto the F3 up north, yes?
  • Rick1310
    Rick1310
    13 years ago

     Thats correct underground just where all the trucks stop.

  • Anmac
    Anmac
    13 years ago

     Did my first service at 2200km and they didn't have a problem.

    Let her loose.  She's not supposed to be caged.

  • SoftailSteve
    SoftailSteve
    13 years ago

    a bit of  history on harry's


    44. Henry Charles Edwards (Sydney Edward22, Edward4, John1) was born on 4 Apr 1912 in Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia, died on 4 Sep 1979 in Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia at age 67, and was buried in Rookwood Lawn Cemetery 1175 , Church of England, NSW. The cause of his death was Cancer mouth throat. Other names for Henry were Harry, Hector, and Tiger.
     

    General Notes: Army NX29908 2/2 Machine Gun Batt

    Started "Harry's Cafe de Wheels"
    located near docks in Sydney , Woolloomoolloo
    Taxi driver , known as Tiger

    Harry's Cafe de Wheels
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Harry's Cafe de Wheels
    Type Take Away - (pie cart)
    Founded 1938
    Founder Harry "Tiger" Edwards
    Headquarters Woolloomooloo, Australia

    Harry's Cafe de Wheels is a pie cart located in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Cowper Wharf Road, near the Finger Wharf and Fleet Base East of Garden Island Navy Base, opposite the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel.

    Other Harry's Cafe de Wheels operate in Wharf Road, Newcastle, Capitol Square, Haymarket, Sydney Airport and the recently opened Liverpool site.

    They are best known for offering the dish of a Pie floater.

    History

    Harry "Tiger" Edwards opened the original caravan cafe, named simply Harry's, near the gates of the Woolloomooloo Naval Yard in 1938. He served with the AIF in World War II, during which time the cafe was not operational. The cart re-opened upon his return from the war in 1945.

    The name Cafe de Wheels came about because of the requirement from the city council that mobile food caravans had to move a minimum of 12 inches (30 cm) each day. The cart has been moved by the city council five times over the past 55 years, and is now back at its original spot. Local legend tells that the name was temporarily changed to Cafe de Axle at one point when the wheels were stolen.

    As the years passed, 'Harry's Cafe de Wheels' gained new fame as a tourist attraction. A visit to the caravan became a 'must' for visiting celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum and Marlene Dietrich. In 1974, Colonel Sanders stopped at Harry's and enjoyed the food so much that he ate three 'pies and peas' while leaning on his walking stick in front of the caravan. A picture of Sanders taken during the visit still hangs in the caravan today.

    Harry's specialises in the same basic food today as was popular back in the 1940s, such as pies and mushy peas. During the 1970s Harry's introduced hot dogs, mostly to appease the American sailors.

    In Popular Culture
    * Australian singer Peter Blakeley named his 1990 album Harry's Cafe de Wheels with a photo on the cover.
    * The cafe was featured in the second season of the reality television show The Amazing Race in 2002. The challenge was for a Fast Forward and the racers had to eat Pies.
     

    Medical Notes: Concord Hospital Repat

    Events in his life were:

     

    • Business: Harry's Cafe de Wheels today.

     

    • Business: Harry's Cafe de Wheels. The old original Van, now in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

     

    • Business:
     

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