Small but practical

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By editor Rutger Booy: Like many kids back in the fifties I used a push scooter to go to primary school, but being mechanical minded I soon equipped the scooter with a little moped two-stroke engine. It drove well, but was bloody dangerous as the scooter had only a footbrake on the rear wheel, that with a little understatement could be described as 'inadequate'. I can't remember what happened to that scooter, but I was suddenly reminded of it when I saw this 1949 Brockhouse 98cc Corgi MkII in Bonhams' catalogue. It was based on the World War II Welbike, which was in use by the army, because as a small 'fold-away' lightweight motorcycle it could be dropped by parachute. The Corgi was manufactured by Brockhouse Engineering of Southport. I just hope it had better brakes than my scooter.
(photo courtesy Bonhams)

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