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Dear Sergeant or the story of rough riding motorcycling course (1944) colour/silent



An absolute gem for those who like old military and WWII despatch riding, set around Wentworth Hall, Yorkshire. I really, really enjoyed watching this!



The running start at 10:20 is great! (what is hanging off the right rear of the bike?)



Here’s some stills.





A group are shown how to ride while standing up on the pedals.  They then practice over rough terrain, and one rider ends up in a bush.



















They make them fly too!









Hi Alan, here’s one for your project!








All I need is the “footing coat” now, and my insanity is complete!

Hi guys--------- What a lovely place for a training course !... I'd sign-up for one right now !!------------- Wentworth Hall is very much alive and well these days but the railway station is long gone ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_railway_station )... Thanks SCALY, I managed to get several fleet Nos. from that !!..Also, from a link provided by you I'll be buying some Desert Sand paint soon ( http://www.militaryvehiclepaint.co.uk/p ... t_id=61540 )........... I wonder if the full film is available on a CD ??..You certainly look the part on your Bullet..I hope a Muslim suicide bomber doesn't think the same !!!!!!----------

Here's a Royal Navy Marine Engineer Apprentice having just arrived home in READING, Berks after riding from Rosyth, Edinburgh in approx. 1969............................... ------------------

------------------ Here's my "Fully Skilled" Enfield Dealer hard at work on the tappets !!!!! ............

----------- Finally, myself and some of "The Lads" on a Sunday Breakfast run !!!!!!!!!! --------------------------------------

My Dad trained there!

For moreWWII bike markings, try...



http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/14941-w ... cles-only/



Fifties bikes were marked differently, and the reg plate system had changed too.

The full 30 minutes are available on DVD for £35 quid from



http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/contact-us




they send a form and you snail mail it plus a cheque (remember them?) back to them.

Finally got the full version at 28 and a half minutes long, but with rather large YFA initials which are a little off-putting, still at least the film is a gem. Also known as ‘How to abuse Matchless 3G’s”


It was actually shot during 1940-41.







There are some more brilliant scenes from which I grabbed a few stills.





anybody near Wentworth, know where this is taken?





How to turn on a hill after stalling.





How to slide down a shale hill by locking the rear brake.




Washing your bike in a ford.



If you want further info on obtaining this excellent film, send me an email on…… lister53827(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk …..should do it, can’t say fairer than that!

Hi Simon, any idea what the bike in the last pic is I'm building an Enfield at the moment and the forks look identical to those.I'm using a model G frame with them