At the age of 12 Bruno Rossati began working eleven hour days.
"Now, approaching 91, I find myself reminiscing about my youth, still riding my motorcycle every day.
Letter re Ladetto
As with most Motorcycle manufacturers during the initial boom year of 1928, the Royal Enfield factory also produced their "Speedway-special".
In common with many models of that period, the Enfield came with an abundance of strutting.
Dick Tolley won the first grasstrack championship in 1951 with a winning speed of 61.65mph on the 1,600yds Mallory Park circuit on an Enfield/JAP.
From the Speedway Workshop Archive
