Robinson and Price of Pembroke Place, Liverpool
1884 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership formerly subsisting between us the undersigned, John Colwell Robinson and Thomas Price, carrying on the business of Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers and Agents, at 65, Pembroke-place, in the city of Liverpool, was, on the 20th day of June, 1882, dissolved by mutual consent...'[1]
1886 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, John Colwell Robinson and Edward James Bayly, carrying on the business of Bicycle and Tricycle Manufacturers and Agents, under the firm or style of Robinson and Price, at 42, Elizabeth-street, 65, Pembroke-place, at 85, Dale street, in the city of Liverpool, is this day dissolved by mutual consent...'[2]
1902-06 R and P were motorcycles produced as primitives using 346cc 2.25hp and 2.75hp engines mounted vertically in the frame. The machines were well made and, like the Bradbury, the crankcase was cast around the main frame tubes under Birch patents.
In 1904, a forecar was added, but production would have been limited.
1913 Produced a cyclecar designed by Mr. Lamb.[3]
1939 Advertisement for cycles.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
- The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9