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Anyone know "Alexanders" Motorcycles in Edinburgh circa 1952/53
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<blockquote data-quote="TritonMike" data-source="post: 39856" data-attributes="member: 1212"><p>I too have an interest in Alexander & Co. in Glasgow. My 1950 Comet was registered new from there. I think it was called <span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"> J R Alexander & Co </span></span> <span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">272 Great Western Road, Glasgow.</span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"> -It went out of business over 2O years ago. </span></span><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"> My bike was registered as BSN 580 around Jan 1951.</span></span> </p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">From around 1956 to 1969, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Matthew Hood (69 South Scott Street, Baillieston, Glasgow) </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">owned motorbikes. One of them was BSN 580-a black Vincent Comet 500cc (sometime it also had a sidecar). Amongst other uses, Matthew went on fishing trips with his brother John on the bike in the late 60's prior to emigrating with his wife Nancy (and children -Linda, Lorraine & Jillian.</span></span> Whilst he lived at Baillieston for much of the time from 1956, by 1968 he was working at Honeywell and lived at Blackridge near Bathgate. In 1969<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> he emigrated</span></span> to the USA with his wife Nancy and the family. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">He sold the Vincent Comet to his brother John before emigrating and they dissembled it and stored it away pending a rebuild. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Matthew and Nancy split up in the USA and he died in 1970. John Hood (the brother) died in 2007.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Any info on the ledgers from Alexanders or pictures of the bike would be gratefully received. </span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TritonMike, post: 39856, member: 1212"] I too have an interest in Alexander & Co. in Glasgow. My 1950 Comet was registered new from there. I think it was called [COLOR=#454545][FONT=arial] J R Alexander & Co [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=times new roman]272 Great Western Road, Glasgow.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=arial] -It went out of business over 2O years ago. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=times new roman] My bike was registered as BSN 580 around Jan 1951.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#454545][FONT=times new roman] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=times new roman]From around 1956 to 1969, [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Matthew Hood (69 South Scott Street, Baillieston, Glasgow) [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]owned motorbikes. One of them was BSN 580-a black Vincent Comet 500cc (sometime it also had a sidecar). Amongst other uses, Matthew went on fishing trips with his brother John on the bike in the late 60's prior to emigrating with his wife Nancy (and children -Linda, Lorraine & Jillian.[/SIZE][/FONT] Whilst he lived at Baillieston for much of the time from 1956, by 1968 he was working at Honeywell and lived at Blackridge near Bathgate. In 1969[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] he emigrated[/SIZE][/FONT] to the USA with his wife Nancy and the family. [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]He sold the Vincent Comet to his brother John before emigrating and they dissembled it and stored it away pending a rebuild. Matthew and Nancy split up in the USA and he died in 1970. John Hood (the brother) died in 2007. Any info on the ledgers from Alexanders or pictures of the bike would be gratefully received. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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