I was at the Ace Reunion in 1994 which was to commemorate 25 years of it being shut. It was still Just Tyres then, but Mark got to use the venue for the weekend. He used to come round with a collecting bucket to help fund returning the site to a cafe, on various Rocker runs, that had been in place years before he came on the scene. Credit to him for getting his dream off the ground. Must be well minted now as there's Ace franchises all over the world now. Wouldn't think he used to be Old Bill.