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Unrelated to the German motorcycle
company of the same name, the Victoria
company of Dennistoun, Glasgow, was to become
Scotland’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer, and by the outbreak of war in
1914, had developed a wide range of machines fitted with Precision engines
made by FE Baker. After the war,
production continued using mainly Villiers, JAP, and Blackburne
engines, until the company’s demise in 1926. |
Victoria
Motor and Cycle Co. Ltd., Dennistoun,
Glasgow, Scotland. Searching
for the Victoria works |
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The "New Victoria" Cycle
Manufacturing Co. of Scotland was based in Craigpark Street and 367 Alexandra
Parade in Dennistoun, and had premises at 71
Cathedral Street and 78-82 Hanover Street in the centre of Glasgow. Customers
could watch their bicycles being made there. The firm subsequently changed its name, first
to the Victoria Manufacturing Co.,
and later to The Victoria Motor &
Cycle Co., and diversified into the manufacture of motor cycles. They started out making bicycles in the late 1890’s, but
diversified from about 1904 into making motorcycles. They were the most
successful Scottish motorcycle ever made. |
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OTHER LINKS
An interesting Link At Coventry Archives they have the records of a firm of
local Stockbrokers by the name of Daffern. In amongst these are the balance sheets of
all their client firms including the Victoria
Motor and Cycle Co. Ltd of Glasgow, 1913, 1915-1916 The catalogue entry is at http://www.a2a.org.uk/html/144-pa606.htm but the actual records are not on-line. |
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LISTINGS: 1914 Catalogue 1922 Catalogue The Motor Cycle The number of surviving Victoria motorcycles listed so far - 11 details Can you contribute any more information please? If you have any information or pictures you might
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