[2] In April 1908, Adams drove to Crystal Palace Park in a 1904 Darracq-Charron motorcar to see Newcastle United play against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup final.
[3] In World War I, Adams served in the Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the RAF, as a photograph reconnaissance officer.
[4] When World War II broke out, Adams was sixty years of age, too old for active service.
However, he joined the Whitley Bay Air Training Corps, and a trophy given by him to the cadets is still awarded each year and bears his name, the Gladstone Adams Cup.
[7] As well as running a business, Adams was also a local Councillor, becoming Chairman of Whitley Bay Urban District Council.