Hogus

Hello Dave Re. the riding equipment provided to the AFS despatch riders, in Liverpool where i was in the AFS we were issued with a single breasted unlined canvas 3/4 length coat a pair of unlined tan leather gauntlets and a Korker helmet and for leg protection we wore the regulation "Wet legs" basically two seperate oilskin type overtrousers hed up by whatever you could attatche them to and our issue wellingtons. Riding in the wet was great !! the coat let in the gloves let in the water ran down the seat so you had a wet bum and anything above about 50 MPH the helmet migrated to the back of your head as it was very shallow. This was OK on local exercises but for long distance we wore our own gear and the issue coat over our own and the Korker helmet. I loved every minute of it. "My" bike was a 1954 B31 BSA reg RGC 641 where are you now ? it is still on the DVLA register would dearly like to be re-united. The three long distance exercises from Liverpool were Morton in Marsh, Millom and Cardington home of the Airships, we also did the national tri centenary of fire of london (1966) but on that occasion i drove a 4X4 Green Goddess. Happy days