Coggeshall Bastards (CB’s) MCC/MC from Essex, large infamous club formed in the late 1960’s and remained together through ’till the early/mid 1990’s when they went their own separate ways, with some joining the Angels and others the Outlaws.
Associated clubs included the Billericay Bastards Essex, Suffolk Bastards in Sudbury, Iron Cross Club from Clacton Essex, Filthy Few from Essex & East Coast & the Dirty Dozen from Harwich Essex.
Coggeshall Bastards
The original CB’s & founders got together due partly to battles with Braintree & Colchester bikers.
They used to party in a local barn and among others the London Road Rats MC would party & ride along with them.
R.I.P GBNF CBFFCB
In Loving Memory of Nobby, Boots, Ian Bristow, Big (Notely Pig) Lewi, Kev Mcphee, Derek O’Shea, Mick The Hat, Dave Dowding, Paul Stoker
Edna’s Cafe used by locals and lorry drivers who were using the main A120 which ran past right outside in the days before the A12 by-pass was built. This cafe was the first meeting place of the original CB’s, and as time went on you could often find them in The Bungalow and Romaines cafes at Marks Tey, Colchester, Essex.
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Hi any one know of my father Lloyd Bellis he passed away now aged 68 11 years ago now and he requested me to make a demin jacket with a print out of the coggeshall bastard logo to go with him in his coffin in which I fulfilled his wish I think I do have a picture somewhere of it
hi i new sid sloggett wen he lived in rugby ,he was mates with my brother mick kearns,i havent seen them 4 30 years ,dose eny 1 no what happened 2 them
Sid is a dimond,,he lives in jaywick,,,I’m going friends with his son Danny
Danny sloggett is on Facebook,shine on and you will find him,,my dad is mick carter and my family stoll live in Coggeshall
I was in Norwich prison with Tony early 90s ,loved football ,looked after me
Hello, My grandad was Ian Bristow. I was a young boy when he died. I don’t remember much of him. No one has ever shed any light on his life. If any of you knew him and would be willing to share a few stories over a drink one day I’d be happy to pay the bill haha
Hi
I think I may have known your Grandad, called Ian.
Did he originally come from Hull and moved to Coggershall in about 1958 with his mum?
Did he have 2 step brothers one called Maxwell?
I knew your grandad Ian Bristow a little. I found him to be a friendly chap. He used to socialise in the Colne Lodge, Crouch Street, Colchester. (There is a Colchester Colne Lodge Remembrance Group on facebook) There was a leather jacket ban in there (sometimes) but they never asked Ian to takes his jacket off… or those standing with him. Although he didn’t come across a being ‘tough’, just a regular biker. He had a Honda 1000cc motorbike. At one time (late 70she lived at 60 or 62 North Station Road in Colchester,
hi,iam paul domain,your dad was my best mate,i was his best man , he loved riding on the back of on his bikes, such a great friend, i was living in kent at the time of his passing and didnt find out till i came back , we had some good times, also loved his mum,
in loving memory,lan bristow,jack pudney d sudderdean steven grey,chris hogg.r,i,p.
hi i am steven hogg,now 66,was 15 at the time.do any of the oldys still go to the meetings.
They still meet once a year Steven
I had a good friend, Nigel, who I first met in Colchester. He was a full member of the East Coast Filthy Few. Eventually he took me to an ECFFMC gathering at the Roaring Donkey in Clacton, where I was introduced to Sid, the Club President. We later went on to a party on the beach at Point Clear, where various members started to knock shit out of each other with burning railway sleepers. This was the early 80’s. Seeing Nigel a few years later, he told me that ECFFC only had a about 5 bikes on the road due to extreme violence by a London MC, which I believe was the 59ers, which left a number of ECFFMC members dead. Previously ECFFMC had approaching 100 active bikes. At school in the 60’s, if my Dad took us through Coggeshall in the car, me and my brother would hide for… Read more »
I was one of the Colchester greasers John & Layer Road Boot Boys helped us out on more than one occasion 🙂
I remember Don Batt from the DTs, but only met him a coupla times in the Animals (Lion & Lamb) and Saracens Head in Chelmsford. Other local pubs back in 70s were the Golden Fleece and the Countryman (both great for getting yer head kicked in), and the more genteel Steamer, and Railway. Later, in the 80s the Woopack and Prince of Orange were decent.
My dad and uncle were coggeshall bastards my dad Peter parris was commonly known as mary and my uncle they all called lurch
Did your dad live up Hill Rd Coggeshall and always in a red checked shirt, if it was him I think he must have been one of the last CB’s to be seen riding in the village. Oh, I might be thinking of Max Parish, that name just sprung to mind from nowhere lol
I knew Lurch, he was a nice guy.
Thanks so much for that pic Bob!
hi im wilf i was in billericay bastards when doug and christine were acting pres as real pres was inside .i never met him but i had many good times with my white corsair amd m21 bsa 600 single with platform no charging system just lorry batt i charged each day i had ricky tonks in my boot with 2 others and inside was full with 5 in back and 2 in front going to romaines round cafe at marks tey with the floor that droped about 10in in 1 corner when you walked on it i remember lurch initiation up norwich in a field with massive fire filthy few a d dirty dozen to filth few pres had trouble with other half and they seperated there we had old van for booze . my brother blue when we got stopped by m/c cops going to grays essex angel party… Read more »
Hello!..i was wondering if anyone could help me..way back in the ’80 my mother was apparently good friends with the Coggleshall bastards and i was told i was taken to school on the back of their bikes..i have no memory of it.. our names were Fiona Young and Siobhaun Young..we lived on fairhead rd..Colchester..I also have a wonderful aunt called Marion Young..Does anyone remember anything?
I remember Marion if she lived on Athelstan Road. Was she Scottish, from Paisley maybe?
Hello Faye i knew your Grandad very very well i am the Vice Chairman of the Coggeshall Bastards .
Hi
Did Ian originally come from Hull and have 2 step brothers one called Maxwell?
I knew Ian quite well Faye, such a tragic loss.
Hello was wounding of anyone could tell me abit more about Ian Bristow he was my grandad thanks
He was a good man
hi, me and ian were best buds for a few years,he love being on the pillion with me, one of the best, I was his best man.just rememered
Hi Paul,how are you now,long time passed,i was only 15 at the time now 68,i remember your bonnie and road rocket,i used to knock about with sadler ted an golby,sadler had the 250 honda off ian,the years fly……………………………………………………………………………………………………………l
Hi
As I mentioned in an earlier reply to Jamie, I think I knew your Grandad called Ian
Did your grandfather originally come from Hull and move to Coggershall in about 1958 with his mum?
And did he have 2 step brothers one called Maxwell?
I also replied to Jamie….. I knew your granddad Ian Bristow a little. I found him to be a friendly chap. He used to socialise in the Colne Lodge, Crouch Street, Colchester (There is a Colchester Colne Lodge Remembrance GROUP ON Facebook). There was a leather jacket ban in there (sometimes) but they never aske Ian to take his jacket of… or those standing with him. Although he didn’t come across as being ‘tough’, just a regular biker. He had a Honda 1000cc motorbike. At one time (late 70s) he lived at 60 or 62 North Station Road in Colchester.
Jamie did you say peter parris was called Marion as his nick name was hairy Mary? Btw peter was my dad
Hey my dad was peter parris and he had a brother David parris
Hi Jacquoline,re your ex Tony.I used to live opposite him in Hickstars Lane,he helped me out of many a scrape when I was younger and more of a hippie than a biker.On one occasion having come back from a weekend in Devon and getting beaten up badly from the local skinheads Tony got the lads together and had a weekend jaunt themselves,sadly I wasn’t a fly on the wall on that occasion.Later on I was running the local branch of Unwins off licence in Coggeshall and obviously had my fair share of “run ins ” with the local chapter.The mere mention of his name and I was safe.Growing up with Denis,Tony and Mick were certainly happy times for me and I often wonder what became of them all.Ray Hunter