1978: 18-year-old Eddie Kidd: a rising star in the stuntman world. #OnThisDay 1978: The press was out in force to see the latest daredevil stunt from motorcyclist Eddie Kidd. The teenage rider stepped into Harrison Ford’s shoes as his stunt double filming an epic jump across a railway line for the 1979 film Hanover Street. Kidd would go on to become a world-famous stunt rider until a serious accident in 1996 left him with life changing brain injuries. In 2012 he was awarded an OBE for his charit

In the 1970’s and 80’s one of the world’s biggest names in motorcycling was Eddie Kidd. The stuntman suffered serious brain damage after an accident during a jump in 1996. Recently, his family has been hunting for memorabilia and we discovered one piece belonging Ryan Farquhar. | BBC Newsline