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GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Hall Green Station: gwrhg2333
A larger scale 1937 Ordnance Survey map showing Hall Green
station and its extensive goods yard. Just visible is the station approach
which was off Stratford Road. Welby Road, which ran on the opposite side of the
station's main building, was at a higher level then the station approach
consequently the passenger footbridge which bridged the two platforms was
extended directly to Welby Road without the need for steps. The goods yard was
equipped with a three ton manually operated fixed position crane to off-load
the heavier items. Opposite the goods yard, accessed by the turnout adjacent to
the signal box, are the sidings used by the steel stockholding company.
The Motor Cycle Works was the home to Velocette motorbikes
made by Veloce Ltd. One of several motorcycle manufacturers in Birmingham,
Velocette was a small, family-owned firm, selling far fewer hand-built
motorcycles than the mass-produced machines of the giant BSA, Norton or Triumph
concerns. Renowned for the quality of its products, the company was associated
best with international motorcycle racing, from the mid-1920s through the
1950s, culminating in two World Championship titles (19491950 in the 350
cc category) and its legendary and still-unbeaten (for single-cylinder, 500 cc
machines) 24 hours at 100 mph (161 km/h) record.
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