British Motor Scooters
Year: 1957, Author: Brooke-Rose, Publication: Languages of
Love
"He climbed on to his Lambretta and
scootered off towards Oxford Street."
Many companies produced scooters in the United Kingdom. These companies
were:
- Ambassador
- Ariel
- Bond (Piaggio of England)
- Brockhouse Engineering
- BSA
- Dayton
- DKR
- DMW
- Douglas
(Vespa)
- Excelsior
- Harper
- James
- Mercury
- Oscar
- Panther
- Phoenix
- Piatti
- Prior
- Progress
- Raleigh
- Sun
- Swallow
- Triumph TEC
- Trobike
- Velocette
British Lambretta fanatic Nigel Cox is interviewed about scooters
and the British Margate Scooter Rally of 1990.
The Mods and the Rockers
hit it off in the 60's, combining scooters, music and violence
to create the scene for The Who
smash movie "Quadrophenia." Today however, the past animosity is
gone but not forgotten. Click HERE
for recollections on the violence of the past.
More information on the United Kingdom Scooter Scene to follow.
This page is not yet complete, keep checking for details.
Click HERE
to return to the Original Motor Scooter Home Page.
Updated June 2, 1995