Mexborough and Swinton Times April 26, 1929

Manvers Bridge.

Motor Cyclists’ Dangerous Riding.

The alleged dangerous racing of two motor cyclists through the Midland Railway Bridge on the Mexboro’-Wath road was the subject of a charge of dangerous driving at Doncaster on Tuesday, against Stanley Hallatt (18), engine tenter, Goldthorpe, and Arthur Clegg, labourer, Swinton.

Robert Charles Dawes, of ‘Wombwell, driver of a Yorkshire Traction Company motor ‘bus, said that on March 27th he was driving through the bridge at a speed of about seven miles per hour and sounding his horn. Suddenly two motor-cyclists came in the opposite direction at a speed between 30 and 40 miles per hour. They were abreast, and the one nearest the ‘bus hit it in the centre. He felt the bump and pulled up to find Hallatt and his machine lying on the road. It was a most dangerous part of the road, and should not be negotiated at more than seven miles per hour. Neither of the motor-cyclists gave warning, and it was impossible for them both to pass. He had driven a ‘bus on that route every day for four years, and knew the danger of the bridge.

A passenger on the ‘bus, George Henry McHugh, a clerk, of Wath, corroborated.

Hallatt, who appeared, said he did not know the other defendant, and had never seen him before the travel together on the road.

Clegg was fined £3 and Hallatt 50 shillings.