Vincent Black Shadow to the new specifications. The prototype Black Shadow had engine number F10AB/1B/558 in frame R2549, and was completed on 16 February 1948. The bike was road tested by Charles Markham in Motor Cycling May 1948, during which test the bike was reported to have reached . The Black Shadow was officially introduced at the 1948 Motorcycle Show at Earls Court in London. The Black Shadows were built with the same labour-intensive hand-fitting of bearings and major engine parts that Vincent had used prior to the war. Official records say that 1774 Vincent Black Shadows were made. Vincent also built 15
Black Prince, Bexley Black Prince, Bexley The Black Prince is a hotel, former public house, and road junction in the London Borough of Bexley on the A2 between Bexley and Bexleyheath. The building today is a Holiday Inn. As well as the A2, the A223 to Bexley and A220 to Bexleyheath meet at the junction. On contemporary traffic reports, the junction is known as the "Black Prince Interchange". The pub was constructed in a mock-Edwardian style and is named after Edward, the Black Prince, that allegedly haunts the nearby Hall Place, who stayed at the hall en route to wars with France. Edward