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    WW2 Bicycle?

    in British Vehicles

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    My 13-year-old son and I try to attend a number of events throughout the year with our Jeep and/or BSA M20. He'd like his own exhibit and I wondered if a WW2 bicycle was a viable proposition? Para bikes are too expensive (for us) and I wondered if any other makes and models were used during the war? Any help will be gratefully received.

    Thanks, Lee.

    North Dorset VE Day Celebrations

    in Future events and meetings

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    Military Vehicles Wanted for North Dorset VE Day Celebrations

     

    On VE Day 1945, Shaftesbury celebrated victory in Europe by parading through the High Street with flaming torches and dancing to music that came from a gramophone placed on the Town Hall balcony. This part of Shaftesbury was a focal point throughout the entire war with gas masks being distributed from the Town Hall and the air raid shelter being housed under the Post Office. To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, Shaftesbury is holding a very special event on Friday 8th May 2020.

     From 4pm, the High Street will be filled with music, this time from a stage erected outside the Town Hall. Songs of the period will feature heavily, and once darkness begins to fall, an aerobatic pyrotechnic display will commence. This display is not something to be forgotten as pyrotechnics are launched directly from two planes flying as low as 1000ft.

    Various stage acts will appear throughout the evening and we’ll be joined by a WW2 veteran who may share a few words. One guest witnessed the original VE Day celebrations at just 10 years of age and it’s hoped we can make the 75th Anniversary equally as memorable.

    I’m an MVT member and I asked the organising committee if they’d like a couple of WW2 vehicles, my BSA M20 and MB Jeep. The committee would like as many period vehicles as possible and I said I’d spread the word and help arrange vehicle/reenactor entry for the event. With the event beginning at 4pm, vehicle arrival is likely to be before 3pm and the final stage act finishes at 11pm. Should vehicles need to depart before this time, we can plan accordingly, but I’m told that celebrations in 1945 went on into the early hours!

    Feel free to get in touch for questions and/or a booking form. The event is completely free of charge and it would be great to see you there. My email address is lee@leedavey.co.uk

     

    All the best, Lee Davey.

    Waterproofing station locations?

    in Research Centre

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    With the help of my father's WW2 service record, I'm putting a list of locations together that I'm hoping my 10-year-old son & I can follow. 

    My dad was stationed at OCTU in Wrotham where he taught officer candidates hot to ride motorcycles and drive Jeeps, Trucks, etc. During the D-Day build-up, he was convoying vehicles to various waterproofing stations and to build-up areas, but was knocked off his bike by a lorry and discharged unfit later in the year. I'm wondering if anyone could summise a possible route the convoy may have taken from Wrotham/Leigh on Sea as well as any waterproofing stations that may still remain? I think I heard a rumour about a Sherman waterproofing area near Wareham that still had some concrete structure visible? I don't know if this is true, or where it is, but any help will be gratefully received.

     

    Thanks, Lee

    BSA Parabike canvas kit bag?

    in Motorcycles

    Posted

    I had to catch my ferry after Bayeux so the trip to Tilly was missed this time. The young lad certainly looked the part in his Para uniform and top marks for the trip to Tilly! I was impressed by his peddling through the hilly part of Bayeux and had no idea he was warming up for another 20 mile round trip.

    BSA Parabike canvas kit bag?

    in Motorcycles

    Posted

    Thanks Ron, I've sent Frank an email.

    There was a young lad in the Bayeux Parade on a Parabike with a frame-mounted bag and I've never seen a folding bicycle being peddled so quickly up a hill. He stormed past all the motorcycles!

    BSA Parabike canvas kit bag?

    in Motorcycles

    Posted

    After spotting a BSA Folding Bicycle that had a canvas bag mounted inside the frame, I thought I'd start looking for one. Solomon Adler list them at £55 + postage but I've emailed them and had no reply. Battledress and Bayonet list the same thing from Solomon Adler at £95 + postage! Can anyone steer me in the right direction for such a bag?

    What medium-sized British lorry?

    in MV Chatter

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    After bumping into a few MVT'ers with a Morris, Bedford and Austin (15cwt trucks?) it's got my brain ticking about the possibility of owning a wartime lorry. But, my (limited) knowledge only stretches to motorcycles at the mo and I wondered if anyone could steer me in the direction of which make/model to look for in terms of price, spares availability, etc. My only criteria at the mo is that it should be a British vehicle and of a similar size to an MW, etc.

     

    Thanks in advance, Lee.

    BBC Antiques Roadshow @ Royal Marine museum.

    in Future events and meetings

    Posted · Edited by BSA WM20

    Sadly, it looks as though Health & Safety strikes again. Southsea isn't too far from me so I sent them an email about my bike - below is part of the reply:

     

    "Although your motorcycle sounds fantastic, we tend to discourage people from bring vehicles along to Roadshows. While they are undoubtedly fascinating and beautiful things, the nature of the Roadshow and the logistics of its organisation create difficulties when bringing vehicles on the day, alongside health and safety considerations they give rise to."

     

    I guess their Health & Safety assessment was carried-out after watching the Great Escape!

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