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From our local Bygones paper:
http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net |
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"Simon Mason" wrote in message ... From our local Bygones paper: http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. Yes, indeed! - those were the days! - A prosperous empire, a domestic mono-culture, and a thriving cycle industry. Of course, the empire *was* largely the root of all this happiness - particularly in the case of the cycle industry, who ramped up production to meet the needs of happy smiling natives and comically important Indian civil servants. "One day, Matumbo, if you continue to serve the white man faithfully and well, you may save enough money to buy a Raleigh all-steel bicycle of your very own" The idyll crumbled when malign forces put it into Matumbo's head that, instead of saving up for the latest in rod brakes and three speed Sturmey-Archer gearing, he could get himself an AK47 automatic rifle instead - thereby eventually bagging himself a Mercedes Benz instead of a bike. It's a tragic irony that Matumbo ended up with neither cycle nor Merc - nor running water, electricity, functioning sanitation, or even food. Better a colonial governor and a Raleigh sit-up-and-beg, than the horrors of mass graves opened by despots! - something which the endlessly chattering, endlessly self-satisfied, liberals conveniently ignore. |
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"I've lost my Dhobi Wallah!....." wrote in message ... "Simon Mason" wrote in message ... From our local Bygones paper: http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. My bro in law won a Lincoln Imp in the Isle of Man one year, it ended up with us when he went to Australia. He was so proud of it - but it was heavy - compared with others of its price. My favourite, apart from what I'm riding now - occasionally - was the curly Hetchins tandem. I was riding that - solo - until hours before our third child was born. She now has it. I couldn't ride fixed wheel with a big belly and the Hetchins had gears. Still don't like gears ... Mary |
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"Simon Mason" wrote in message ... From our local Bygones paper: http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. Is that an early attempt to improve the team pursuit squad? :P David Lloyd |
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On Aug 16, 8:33 pm, "Simon Mason"
wrote: From our local Bygones paper:http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. -- Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net Hi Simon, Thanks for that. I visited the factory in the picture not long before it closed and some of the machinery which was in use had been installed when the factory was first built in the 1890's . (As were the ancient overhead drive belts which you can just about see in the top left hand part of the picture). A good example of the lack of investment in British industry! |
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Simon Mason wrote:
From our local Bygones paper: http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. Just boggling at the size of the chainwheel on the quint. As for the thousands of cyclists, I was looking up the figures a few weeks back and in 1955 pedal cycle journeys were 18.2Bn vehicle km vs 50Bn for cars and motorcycles whereas in 2005 it was 4.4Bn and 403Bn respectively. So the picture for Hull was actually reflected across the country. Tony |
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Sucking his keyboard for inspiration, Mary Fisher typed:
"I've lost my Dhobi Wallah!....." wrote in message ... "Simon Mason" wrote in message ... From our local Bygones paper: http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. My bro in law won a Lincoln Imp in the Isle of Man one year, it ended up with us when he went to Australia. He was so proud of it - but it was heavy - compared with others of its price. My favourite, apart from what I'm riding now - occasionally - was the curly Hetchins tandem. I was riding that - solo - until hours before our third child was born. She now has it. I couldn't ride fixed wheel with a big belly and the Hetchins had gears. Still don't like gears ... Mary Hetchins - I'd almost forgotten about them. Always wanted one; beautiful bikes. Do they still make them? -- Rich B Bandit 1200S Take out the obvious to email me. |
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"Rich B" wrote in message ... Hetchins - I'd almost forgotten about them. Always wanted one; beautiful bikes. Do they still make them? Don't suppose so, ours was a 50's model I think. Very short wheelbase, we used it for racing as well as club riding but it wasn't comfortable for sitting up and knitting while stoking :-). Or suitable for the sidecar with those curly stays. It was, however, light enough for me to carry up a long flight of stairs to our bedsit while great with child. Lighter than many solos. Mary |
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Simon Mason wrote:
From our local Bygones paper: http://www.swldxer.co.uk/zbygone.jpg Nice to see the Elswick Hopper cycle works in Lincolnshire in full production in the 50's. (Btm Right) I had to keep the full page spread so it is 1000 pixels across. Anyone fancy taking a guess at the gear inch for that quint-cycle? It looks like a bloody big chain ring and a smallish sprocket. -- Don Whybrow Sequi Bonum Non Time People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. |
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Rich B wrote:
Hetchins - I'd almost forgotten about them. Always wanted one; beautiful bikes. Do they still make them? Yes. http://www.hetchins.com/index.htm Tony |
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