Im sure he means the VW "cross" on the Rev.turn

Yes, my term of "cross-over" actually means the cross step on the reverse turn. Lots of good advice for this post again, especially belle noting that the cross step doesn't need to be that large/long and actually can be quite small. I think my cross step goes too far and it causes just enough hesitation, or shifting of weight, to throw off the timing. Even if it is only off slightly, this dance does not allow a misstep because it is too fast, thus too hard, to recover. In my mind, as I am doing the dance, the steps on the reverse turn are registering as "forward, side, cross, back, side, slide." And my "cross" with the left foot (I measured it) is going almost 8 to 10 inches past my right foot, which doesn't go too far back on step 4 with my left foot on step 3 being that far across. Granted, it's not an exact measurement on each cross step, but that's basically what's going on.

Hi, the British VW was established by my teacher and his friend during 1947 when the Copenhagen challenged UK the first time on this dance.

How big is the step? Well, depending on your size, shape and height. The more lowering of the body at the beginning, the longer the step you will do. Without body lowering, you will have no control on your swing (instead, just bunch of turning). When I am dancing, I never think about my feet. It is the body that is doing the dancing.

Therefore, when you move your step forward or backward, you must move your body along with the moving foot.

Although the VW is fast, but you only move 1/2 turn per bar of music. Concentrate on the swing for the speed only.

Sway wise: for natural turn (forward), it is LSR than RSL. For revers turn, it is SRR, SLL (backward move)

VW isn't very fast if you get use to it.

And whom would that be ?

Send an email to Mr. Smith-Hampshire.

That would be difficult.. hes dead.

And your reference to Harry is partially correct. yes, he did "promote " V.W. ( As i have witnessed back in the day ), but he did not " introduce" the dance in the accepted sense .

Don't forget on the reverse turn we swing our right foot and side along the line of dance,the R.T. is not rotary. Why won't any one answer my two request for Help? Dave

What were they ?

waltz timing
waltz weave from promenade.

"Why won't any one answer my two request for Help? "

Because they aren't very good questions. They are highly specific, but seem to follow from some dubious assumptions. We can't really know from your words if you understand the point of these figures, so it's hard to give useful advice, and trying to "teach" the figures in words starting with no assumptions is a rather large task. In short this is the kind of thing that would be better resolved in person in a lesson with a good teacher.

If you are really at a loss for local resources and want to post a video of your attempt on youtube, you'd probably get some informative suggestions. Or if you prefer your privacy, you could look at one of the many demonstrations there and make your own comparison to what you do.