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GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Hall Green Station: gwrhg3881

Ten carefully packaged Velocette KTT Mk3 motorcycles destined for the Isle of Man TT race are being loaded on to a carriage wagon

Ten carefully packaged Velocette KTT Mk3 motorcycles destined for the Isle of Man TT race are being loaded on to a carriage wagon (telegraphic code Python) in the Hall Green Good's Yard in May 1933. This raised loading platform in the Goods Yard was at the rear of the Motorcycle manufacturing works located at the corner of Cateswell Road and York Road, Hall Green (see map 'gwrhg2928') and it provided convenient access for dispatching the finished products. Veloce had taken over these works in 1927 from Humphrey and Dawes, who had previously made OK Junior motorcycles there (see 'gwrhg1786'). Details and a photograph of Python carriage wagons can be found at 'misc_bsa&singer181'.

Robert Ferris

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