had previously submitted occasional articles to Motor Cycle magazine, and in 1955 a vacancy occurred when a regular staff-writer moved to a four-wheel magazine. Currie was offered the vacancy, initially at head office in London, progressing in 1956 to Midland Editor based at Birmingham, the area where his family resided, in a city central to a region where many British motorcycle manufacturers, metal-industries and component-producers were located. When writing his serialised memoirs of 1969, former Motor Cycling journalist Bruce Main-Smith stated he was offered the position of Midland Editor with then-rival publication The Motor Cycle, but did not want to leave the London area and return to Birmingham where he was born, despite a generous offer of salary from then-Editor Harry Louis, a decision Main-Smith later regretted, and the job went to Currie. Specialising in the traditional history of motorcycle manufacturing, road-testing and technical articles, Currie established a strong rapport with the various manufacturers, often enjoying their trust in new developments which he kept confidential until the companies issued press releases. In 1965 Currie moved to an office suite at Lynton House, Birmingham, where his desk was part of the parent-publisher's suite in a modern office tower block, Currie was the last journalist on the staff of Motor Cycle to have a company motorcycle – he chose a Triumph Bonneville. Magazine editing and books In the 1970s, after a 10-year demise of British motorcycle manufacturing, Currie showed an increasing interest in the vintage and classic era, establishing a regular feature in Motor Cycle Weekly (as Motor Cycle was then known) named 'Past Times'. Motor Cycle had merged with Motor Cycling in 1967, so their combined archives were available to Currie. Publisher IPC decided the time was right to establish in 1981 a completely new magazine, The Classic Motor Cycle, reminiscent of their early historic publication named The Motor Cycle, to address the increasing public interest and popularity of classic motorcycles. Complete operational control was given to Currie in Birmingham, although overall responsibility remained at head-office in Sutton, Surrey, with former Motor Cycle Weekly editor Mick Woollett as Editor-in-Chief. In 1983, IPC sold The Classic Motor Cycle to EMAP along with the Motor Cycle and Motor Cycling archives, with Currie retained as editor based in Birmingham but with an assistant editor now at the Peterborough base of EMAP. A bachelor, Currie played the banjolele, harmonica and sang. He was an experienced