BLUE PLAQUE ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE INVENTIVE LIFE OF REX MCCANDLESS

摘要

The Ulster History Circle, in partnership with the Ulster-Scots Agency, recently unveiled a new Blue Plaque to commemorate Hillsborough man Richard 'Rex' McCandless, who died in 1992; he was an Engineer and inventor of the Featherbed Motorcycle Frame in 1949 and also the developer of Gyroplanes.Special guest, former motorbike racer Jeremy McWilliams, officially unveiled the new plaque at Rex's former family business, W.A.C. McCandless Limited, where the historic McCandless Racing Car and a Vintage Featherbed Norton Motorcycle were also on display.