The first four stories in this series were originally published on the Real Classic web site ( www.real-classic.co.uk ), but can also be found on this site at the links below. Part 1:   https://oldandireland.blogspot.com/2018/11/paddock-days-part-1-getting-mobile-on.html Part 2 :   https://oldandireland.blogspot.com/2018/11/paddock-days-part-2-practical-jokes-and.html Part 3 :   https://oldandireland.blogspot.com/2018/11/paddock-days-part-3-race-day.html Part 4:   https://oldandireland.blogspot.com/2019/01/padock-days-part-4-tales-of-ice-and.html   I promise you, this really did happen. We were an irreligious lot back in the day when as spotty youf’s we hung around Bangor’s biker meeting place;’ The Paddock’.   Yet, back in the 1970’s we existed in a very religious world.   The seafront evangelists were perpetually telling us that we were headed for an eternity of hellfire and damnation (they didn’t like our attitude apparently)....