Tom Bullus
Tom Bullus was a British rider who campaigned as an NSU works rider in the early 1930s. Although very successful on the Continent, his efforts against Norton at the TT were without notable success. He married the daughter of a director of NSU, returned to England in 1933 and opened a motorcycle shop. There is a street in Hockenheim named for him. More information under NSU.
Colmore Depot Motorcycles
31, Colmore Row, Birmingham. 49, John Bright Street, Birmingham.
Agents for A.C, Morgan, Calthorpe, Singer, Morris-Oxford, Enfield, Ford, and Humber. After the war they also dealt with Ferrari and Rolls-Royce.
According to a forum post the manager, Albert Moule raced at the T.T. in the 1940s, and that a Manx Norton was displayed in the store window.
The Australian rider S.L. Bailey is thought to have worked at Colmore after leaving Humber, subsequently joining Douglas.
Colmore-Scott
Manufactured by Colmore Motor Cycle Depot.
Mentioned as using Precision engines, this was possibly a one-off built for the Colmore trial.
Sources: Advertisement in The Motor Cycle, September 26th 1912/ birminghamforum.co.uk; et al.
of Dundee
1930 Company founded.
1949 Private company.
1961 Motor, tractor and motor cycle engineers and distributors. 130 employees.
George was a Douglas factory rider in the 1920's and 30's and married Louie Ball who also rode Douglas. Louie achieved lasting fame as an international trials rider. In 1927 Louie McLean, Marjorie Cottle, and Edyth Foley won the Vase category of the ISDT, beating Denmark (2nd place) and the all-male Great Britain team (3rd).
Source: Graces Guide, et al.
Long-established firm which produced motorcycles from 1905 to 1931 including New Comet and Haden under the mantle of A. H. Haden in Birmingham.
Alfred Hadens's sons assumed management of the business after 1937 and the name became Haden Bros. They produced components for tanks during World War II, and in postwar years returned to building motorcycle and bicycle parts which were exported to many countries from 1954 to 2002 when the business closed.
