Rakes rode and raced motorcycles:“I used to go up to Monett, Missouri and drag my Ducati…I’d ride it up there, change the …carburetor, race it, change it back, and ride home…I didn’t win money; I won trophies.” [00:32:16]
#1: Gwen Rakes on motorcycle trip to church camp, near Morrilton, Arkansas, ca. 2010
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#2: Braemar Castle, near Scotland, where Gwen Rakes's grandparents worked and where her mother was raised
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#3: Gwen Rakes and her mother in front of their original home; note her father's car service advertisement above the front porch; Glenville, GreenLane Blackwater, Hampshire, England, 1938
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#4: A later family home where Gwen Rakes was raised in Camberley, Surrey, England, built ca.1950s
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#5: Holy Trinity Church, childhood church of Gwen Rakes; Hawley, Hampshire, England
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#6: Gwen Rakes wedding at Holy Trinity Church, Hawley, Hampshire, England; August 16, 1958
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#7: Hillside Convent College where Gwen Rakes graduated college, Farnborough, Hampshire, England
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