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<blockquote data-quote="Graham Smith" data-source="post: 159612"><p>The following was sent into the <strong>forum website</strong> by a fellow enthusiast…</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]51403[/ATTACH]</p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px">Index number HJH110 – Believed to have been used by the Constabulary into the 1940s.</span></em></p><p></p><p>Here is the history of the bike as presented in the Vincent Owners Club magazine <em>MPH</em> 288 January 1975. According to the Traffic Dept. of the Hertfordshire Constabulary as follows. <em>Two Machines were ordered for trial purposes and one of these HJH 110, was retained, the other being returned to Messrs. Vincent at Stevenage. The machine registered HJH 110 was ridden by three officers. In the first place by Sergeant T.A. Winser, second by Constable T. Laurie, and finally by Constable A.E. White. The machine remained in standard form apart from cylinder heads which were changed by Messrs. Vincent for improved performance. This motorcycle was disposed of by us in 1952. The bike was ordered by the force October 10 1946 completed and tested Nov. 18th and despatched by the factory Nov. 19.</em></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately the history of this motorcycle has not survived and as far as I am aware this is the only photograph contained in the Hertfordshire Police Historical Society archive.</p><p></p><p>One of two 1946 Vincent Series B Rapides tested by that Police dept. One was returned and this one Eng # F10AB/1/14 was purchased Nov 1946 and used till 1951 when sold off.</p><p></p><p>This motorcycle was first registered in 1946 and would have been manufactured by Vincent Motorcycles in Stevenage. The company ran from 1928 until it went bankrupt in 1959.</p><p></p><p>The officer on the motorcycle I believe was named Tom Lawrie and he served at Ware with my father who was a War Reserve until 1948. Tom apparently was the only officer who dared ride the 1000cc beast. I was about seven and remember Tom as a very quiet well spoken man and with a soft Scottish accent as far as my memory serves me. I also think this picture was taken in the yard of the old Ware Police Station (now Powell’s the undertakers) in Watton Road, Ware.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Graham Smith, post: 159612"] The following was sent into the [B]forum website[/B] by a fellow enthusiast… [ATTACH=full]51403[/ATTACH] [I][SIZE=3]Index number HJH110 – Believed to have been used by the Constabulary into the 1940s.[/SIZE][/I] Here is the history of the bike as presented in the Vincent Owners Club magazine [I]MPH[/I] 288 January 1975. According to the Traffic Dept. of the Hertfordshire Constabulary as follows. [I]Two Machines were ordered for trial purposes and one of these HJH 110, was retained, the other being returned to Messrs. Vincent at Stevenage. The machine registered HJH 110 was ridden by three officers. In the first place by Sergeant T.A. Winser, second by Constable T. Laurie, and finally by Constable A.E. White. The machine remained in standard form apart from cylinder heads which were changed by Messrs. Vincent for improved performance. This motorcycle was disposed of by us in 1952. The bike was ordered by the force October 10 1946 completed and tested Nov. 18th and despatched by the factory Nov. 19.[/I] Unfortunately the history of this motorcycle has not survived and as far as I am aware this is the only photograph contained in the Hertfordshire Police Historical Society archive. One of two 1946 Vincent Series B Rapides tested by that Police dept. One was returned and this one Eng # F10AB/1/14 was purchased Nov 1946 and used till 1951 when sold off. This motorcycle was first registered in 1946 and would have been manufactured by Vincent Motorcycles in Stevenage. The company ran from 1928 until it went bankrupt in 1959. The officer on the motorcycle I believe was named Tom Lawrie and he served at Ware with my father who was a War Reserve until 1948. Tom apparently was the only officer who dared ride the 1000cc beast. I was about seven and remember Tom as a very quiet well spoken man and with a soft Scottish accent as far as my memory serves me. I also think this picture was taken in the yard of the old Ware Police Station (now Powell’s the undertakers) in Watton Road, Ware. [/QUOTE]
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