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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 05:02 pm |
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| DOes anybody have the addresses of former British Motorcycle facotries? I would like to map them on Google Earth.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 06:40 pm |
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Norton Motors was in Bracebridge street Birmingham until it moved into the AMC factory in Plumstead road London. BSA were in Amoury rd Birmingham. Triumph were in Meridan Coventry.
But you wont see much now, they,ve all gone under housing developments.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 07:03 pm |
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That'd be MERIDEN, not Meridan, Meridien or even Meridian !
Jeez !
Before that they were in Priory Street, Coventry City Centre.
Coventry University occupies most of the old site, opposite the New Cathedral, The Swimming Baths are where the loading bay used to be.
The Rudge factory was also in Coventry, just inside the infamous Ring Road, the site is now occupied by the Coventry SkyDome.
There were dozens of smaller factories in Coventry, mainly making bikes based around the godawful Villiers 2-Stroke engines, likewise Birmingham had more than a few !
BSA were made at Small Heath, Birmingham.
There was a go-cart track on the site of the old factory, not sure what's there these days
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 07:31 pm |
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| I think the gun bit of the BSA building is still there. There are a lot of industrial buildings in the area - Jon's former employers (nasty bunch of b**tards) have a factory that is just behind where the BSA site was.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 07:34 pm |
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And of course, if anyone actually cares, Umberslade Hall is still there.
Luxury Apartments now apparently.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 07:39 pm |
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| Panthers were made in Cleckheaton West Yorkshire if that helps
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 07:48 pm |
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Some Birmingham motorcycle manufacturers:
Ariel, Selly Oak
Excelsior, Tyesley
Hercules, Aston
James
New Hudson
New Imperial
Norton Motors, Bracebridge St, Aston
Sun, Aston Brook Street
Velocette, Hall Green
....some of which were better known for bicycle production but also made small motorcycles, scooters and autocycles (yes, I know it is insensitive of me to spell the word SCOOTERS in full without the use of asterisks - face your fears!!)
Got these from this site, which has some interesting content should you want any further detail or to find pictures of Birmingham made scooters etc:
http://madeinbirmingham.org/coindex.htm
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 08:07 pm |
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More Birmingham manufacturers:
Scott (having been established in Shipley, Yorkshire);
OK Supreme
Wolverhampton manufacturers:
AJS
Ambassador/DMW
Sunbeam
Villiers
Others:
Cotton - Gloucester
Douglas - Kingswood, Bristol
Royal Enfield - Redditch
These websites are worth a look, too:
http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/britbikes
http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/index.html
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 08:07 pm |
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Velocette was here
hit satellite, tick show labels, to see the present factories..
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 08:12 pm |
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| Brough Superior ........... Hayden Rd Nottingham
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 08:14 pm |
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z900guy wrote: Panthers were made in Cleckheaton West Yorkshire
And, for all we know, still may be !
Obviously the original factory is now an Aldi or Lidl (It's Grim Oop North !)
But the original tooling is probably still being used in some Taciturn Yorkshireman's shed to produce 'Proper' Motorbicycles, "Just Like Me Mither Used to Make - Appen As Like !"
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 10:42 pm |
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TheMightyGusset wrote: z900guy wrote: Panthers were made in Cleckheaton West Yorkshire
And, for all we know, still may be !
Obviously the original factory is now an Aldi or Lidl (It's Grim Oop North !)
But the original tooling is probably still being used in some Taciturn Yorkshireman's shed to produce 'Proper' Motorbicycles, "Just Like Me Mither Used to Make - Appen As Like !"
Sarky bugger!
Oh BTW... Tandons were made in Watford
Frank
Last edited on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 10:43 pm by Fast Frank
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 01:19 am |
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starfirebird wrote: ....some of which were better known for bicycle production but also made small motorcycles, sc**ters and autocycles (yes, I know it is insensitive of me to spell the word SC**TERS in full without the use of asterisks - face your fears!!)
Evil, evil wo-man! wash your keyboard with dettol, this instant! How very dare you? I am shocked and stunned! 
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 05:16 am |
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| BSA Factory Armory Rd, Small Heath, Birmingham
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 06:34 am |
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Dunelt motorcycles... made in Sheffield if my memory serves me well
Oh sorry, I stand corrected
"(The name) Dunelt is a combination of the names of two founders, Dunford
and Elliot. Originally steel makers in Sheffield, started making motorcycles
in Birmingham in 1919, many having Sturmey Archer engines and gearboxes."
Last edited on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 06:46 am by Fast Frank
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 06:49 am |
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| J.A.P. - Northumberland Park, Tottenham.
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 07:36 am |
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| Sparkbrook - another BSA plant wasn't it? The firm that makes wire rope safety barriers now uses the site - some would call that ironic.
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 07:47 am |
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Rudge - Coventry
Hesketh - Hesketh Works
Turweston Airfield,
Nr. Brackley,
Northamptonshire
NN13 5YD
Francis Barnett - Coventry
Norman - Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent
DOT - adjacent to the Mancunian Way/Chester Road at Hulme in Manchester
Blackburne - Tongham, Surrey
Calthorpe - Bordesley, Birmingham
Cotton - Gloucester
Greeves - Thundersley, Essex
Sunbeam - Paul Street, Wolverhampton
OEC - Portsmouth and Gosport
Douglas - Bristol
OK Supreme - Hall Green Birmingham
Levis - Stechford, Birmingham
Rex Acme - Osborne Road, Coventry
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 09:54 am |
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Fast Frank wrote: J.A.P. - Northumberland Park, Tottenham.
They wouldn't last long there today
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 10:05 am |
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Douglas - Kingswood in Bristol*
courtesy of BSH magazine
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