Rode Safely Victor Horsman Liverpool 1955

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A motorcycle road safety from 1955, made by the Liverpool Motorcycle dealership Victor Horsmans. It is filmed in and around The Wirral and Liverpool City Centre. The film features various riders such as Nobby Clark (not sure if this was Mike Hailwoods mechanic) Bill Quinn, Eric Wilson, Keith Walker and Ken Morris who all seem to be local Merseyside riders, well known in the TT ISDT etc.
I have tried to spot local area's seen in the film and so far I can recognise Parkgate, Heswall, New Brighton, Birkenhead, Castle St, The Tunnel Entrance and the road coming back from The Ponderosa in Wales. If you recognise any other locations please feel free to add a note ie Gayton Roundabout approach A540 towards Heswall 26:53. Any history about the featured riders would also be most welcomed.
Finally, thanks to Eddy Q for supplying the donor DVD.

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@davidrobinson4118 Год назад

Absolutely brilliant film. I passed my bike test in 1976 and bought a Norton Commando Mk 3 Interstate from Horsmans in Renshaw Street in 1977. Wish I still had it, be worth a few bob now! Still riding though, got a couple of BM's.

@zundapp8229 3 года назад

I lived in the Wirral in the 50’s and 60’s and recognised many places such as Parkgate and Heswall. I rode a Zundapp scooter in the early 60’s graduating to a used BSA Super Rocket later, bought from Horsmans . A great film and all of it applicable today.

@velobob4299 2 года назад

He was a Velocette agent too. My Viper was from Horsemans. Regards from the Cotswolds.

@BilgemasterBill 2 года назад

Zündapp Bella? I've still got my "daily driver" of much if the '80s in Berlin--a 198cc R201 scooter. It's a formidable vehicle that got me over the Alps four times for vacations in Italy.

@zundapp8229 2 года назад

Hello Bilgemaster Bill, Yes, it was a Bella R204, bought from Austin’s in Rock Ferry Wirral. Very reliable and used extensively all over Scotland and North Wales. A great machine.

@davids8449 11 месяцев назад

Excellent film I was born 1955 and as a child remember all the different motorcycles, Still own a 1951 Bantam D1 , 1952 James Comet Deluxe, with spare engine ,1956 Newhudson × 2 Etc

@andrewscadden9113 Год назад

Fabulous Film thank you very much!

@MickyOTW 5 лет назад

excellent! - all still applicable today

@philbrennan3342 3 года назад

Brilliant on many levels - shows historical practicality / safety of bikes & this was 'way better' than any Government advice of the day. Still remains largely currently applicable. Has some unintentionally funny bits too (the stunt crashes - very Mr Cholmondley Warner) & oh, the empty roads & streets. Appreciate this upload Stephencd1 - shared with my Dad (85) who rode through this time & STILL rides to this very day.

@BilgemasterBill 2 года назад

This may have been a dull and "preachy" screed in its day, or staple viewing in driving schools, but it's utterly charming now.

@velobob4299 2 года назад

I'm old,been riding motorcycles for nearly 50yrs(fossil). This is a truly outstanding film, with some great advice.

@acehandler1530 Год назад

46 years for me (and I started late). I have a Yamaha FJR1300 now that I love. Just put some tiny BRIGHT LED's on the front (on the sides of the fender so they articulate with the steering). Happy Trails to You!

@childwallred Год назад

Used to go and sit on the new Triumphs in Horsemans when I was 11,just started senior school in Brownlow hill,loved them!

@supertoyg 3 года назад

Loved it. Most of the advice is still relevant, and the insistence on positive behaviour on the road is heartwarming - nowadays people seem shy to tell others Don't Be A Dick. And of course as a historic document, both about motorcycles and the way of life in 1955 Northern England & Wales, is great. Those were some cool machines, and the people riding them (with that sort of non-equipment!) must have been real characters.

@johnduheaume6650 3 года назад

Brilliant! Thanks for posting this, all valid still today, the dread of the wet cobbles or woodblock paving, cyclists with no rear lights. 😨 Ride safe, cheers John.

@Mr19thcenturyman Год назад

Still relevant today. Even in my country. USA.

@davewilson1113 8 лет назад

Hi Stephen, glad to see you've managed to get the sound back! Think the last post had nearly 60000 hits!

@a34rwl 3 года назад

Fantastic

@iandouglas4292 2 года назад

Great stuff, picked out plenty views of Neston parade on the Wirral

@a11csc 3 года назад

enjoyed that

@davids8449 11 месяцев назад

7:20 Road ahead leads to west Kirby railway line also open air swimming baths...........All long gone

@asd36f 2 года назад

Love the sidecars!

@thomasche 3 года назад

Super useful

@COIcultist 6 лет назад

Very enjoyable film. Someone who used to work for Horsemans used to produce a "back in the day" type column for one of the monthlies. Motorcycle Sport And Leisure??? With regards to safety two things that I notice: I'm guessing the filming was done from a car with a motorcycle headlamp nacelle mounted on the bonnet. Otherwise the lingering near or sitting on the tram lines would be a recipe for disaster. I know 1950's tyre grip was not up to modern standards but the straightening out of bends. Going closer to the line on RHS bends and the motorcycle and sidecar going closer to the curb on a LHS bend is the opposite of good practice. I'm going to have to watch this again to see if they could see through the bend therefore offering them that option. Anyone any other ideas?

@brucelangridge6302 3 года назад

Excellent video if only some drivers would take note

@stevejones4275 6 лет назад

Some if it is filmed in Halkyn, north Wales.

@larrytownley2231 2 года назад

Never saw about the watch leather trick!

@ioioioioio6026 2 года назад

right audio channel has quiet tv adverts

@toddcott9510 2 года назад

I wonder what the riders in the film would say about today's traffic? Thanks for this.

@mookyzook 3 года назад

I was two when this film was made. It's amazing to see how different things were. How often do you see a sidecar nowadays or such clear roads? Been riding for nearly fifty years myself and so much has changed. One thing that confuses me is the slowing down signal, I remember it in the Sixties Highway code I first read but didn't we already have brake lights? I would have thought taking your hands of the bars or even the steering wheel would have been more dangerous?

@edmundsveikutis1698 3 года назад

Not every vehicle had brake lights especially if it was pre war.Regarding signals I know a dispatch rider who rode for years with one arm and had no problems.Handle bar controls were customised.

@cerealtiller 3 года назад

The slowing down signal could be seen better from a distance...especially in a queue of Cars. I was 5 yrs. old when this Film was made...I still have occasion to use those Signals.Lol.

@larrytownley2231 2 года назад

We have different signals over here !!!

@larrytownley2231 2 года назад

And we're all given wt the LEFT HAND !!

@kyle8952 3 года назад

Shame this transfer seems to have the sound from something else mixed in quiet? from 5 minutes on

@stephencd1 3 года назад

Weird just tested and playing fine

@Ivorbiggin 3 года назад

Maybe more noticeable with headphones on as I have now

@supertoyg 3 года назад

I think this was background noise when the video was recorded; from the distortions, it's likely been filmed from a VHS playing on a screen, with the sound piped in through a cable connected to only one side of a stereo system. The recording equipment probably picked up something else being played in the room at the time.

@johnwalker7788 3 года назад

25:35 / “This kind of fist shaking is the sign of a bad driver, one who has not yet learned tolerance”. Could be applied to most of the “x versus y” idiotic road rage videos on Facebook!

@pakolorente7423 3 года назад

Can you please me to explain. Now I seen second old British movie where signal on the road name "HALT" - but for me is German language

@stephencd1 3 года назад

In English it means STOP

@AdrianJayeOnline 3 года назад

so this is about motorcyclists then ?

@pakolorente7423 3 года назад

Lungs conditions - God thanks, I quit smoke cigarettes. :-)

@rick928 4 года назад

0:17 'Rode'?

@stephencd1 4 года назад

Hi yes, rode is the past tense of the verb ride. Hope this clears it up for you.

@gordonlbelyea4409 4 года назад

@@stephencd1 A bit of a play on words as well : Road safety - (I) rode safely.

@andyvan5692 4 года назад

amen, thought he meant road,not the microphone maker!

@maybugz 3 года назад

As in 'He rode safely'

@lewstone1934 3 года назад

@@stephencd1 past imperfect to be precise.. past perfect is "he had ridden"

@firebearva 3 года назад

LOL, the British are so proper.

@caroldave4037 3 года назад

Well some things never change.. car overtaking bike whoz passing a parked car.. cyclist four abreast... bike passing bike on a city curve street... these where not part of staged pieces of film ...😕

@arcadia5607 3 года назад

All of these people are dead.

@barbaraannecortina7899 2 года назад

Why can I hear children's telly in the background? I shouldn't be able to HEAR that...it's ruining a perfectly good video...unless of course Eddy Q fucked up the audio track

@davids8449 11 месяцев назад

Be grateful to watch the film instead of silly criticism

@agohelliwell6755 6 лет назад

Can't watch anymore ! TERRIBLE !

@stevieclapham-dickenson6906 5 лет назад

I agree you would of thought home made videos from 1955 would been crystal clear and in colour. Slackers

@hhoward14 4 года назад

@@stevieclapham-dickenson6906 I think you are being ironic here. This film was made by Ted Lambert. The M.D. of Victor Horsman's at the time, whom I knew, and worked for. I know he took it all very seriously, and made quite a few films. Many of the people in this film would have been his employees. For the time it would have been a training film, and we would not have expected much more. Bill Quin mentioned in this film had been a mechanic and air gunner in the R.F.C. in the first war, and was blown up and injured during an air raid on Liverpool in the second war. The original film would have been "pin sharp" and made on 16mm Bollex equipment, I think. Best regards.

@stevieclapham-dickenson6906 4 года назад

@@hhoward14 " I think you are being ironic here" what me? ironic? never