Goody Family Tree - Archer, Argent, Hemmings, Lock, Root, Siggins, Suckling, Ward, Stepney, London, Halstead, Essex, UK

Eric was born in Chelmsford and after leaving Chelmsford Grammar School did an engineering apprenticeship with Marconi. His lifelong hobby was motorbikes and he had 21 years of sidecar grasstrack racing before getting involved with classic and later vintage motorcycles for which his engineering skills were vital to make those parts no longer available. He was a member of the Vintage Motorcycle Club and each year rode his 1926 Royal Enfield and sidecar in their Banbury Run achieving many gold and silver awards. He also enjoyed touring weeks around the country which other members arranged in their areas but riding more modern solo machines. He was able to do this for many years as he took early retirement from his job as a Branch Manager of a Motor Factors.