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Fact Stranger than Fiction
Davey was in one of the last outposts of civilization, many moons ago
now. Yellowkinfe, to be exact, way in the north of FreezerLand waiting for a plane to ferry him back to warmer climes when he spotted a group of nuns. Normally Davey, who doesn't do the Cult Thing, wouldn't have given them a second glance, except that he thought he recognized one of them. So he sneaked another peak and sure enough, Davey was sure he recognized her. So very politely, Davey said, "Excuse me, lady, but are you not Barb Mapplebeck?" After advising that she was Sister SomethingOrOther, she admitted that she had in fact been Barbara Mapplebeck in a former life. The daughter of Johnny Mapplebeck, of Whittaker and Mapplebeck framebuilders and bike shop in Bradford, she had been successful in races in the 50's and early 60's. She'd been runner up in the National Championship behind BB a couple of times and active on the grass tracks too. http://azurservers.com:7080/rbr/barbara-mapp.jpg on the grass in York Still in businesss today, although morphed into Pennine Cycles, Whittaker and Mapplebeck must be the oldest family run bikeshop in England. (Not to be confused with Ellis-Briggs, as many do, which is [relatively] close by in Shipley and which is another fine frame builder.) Interesting.... -- Davey Crockett Flying the Flag of the English The Flag of Hengest and Horsa http://azurservers.com:7080/rbr/englishdragon.jpg |
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Fact Stranger than Fiction
On Jan 31, 9:40*am, Davey Crockett wrote:
Davey was in one of the last outposts of civilization, many moons ago now. Yellowkinfe, to be exact, way in the north of FreezerLand waiting for a plane to ferry him back to warmer climes when he spotted a group of nuns. Normally Davey, who doesn't do the Cult Thing, wouldn't have given them a second glance, except that he thought he recognized one of them. So he sneaked another peak and sure enough, Davey was sure he recognized her. So very politely, Davey said, "Excuse me, lady, but are you not Barb Mapplebeck?" After advising that she was Sister SomethingOrOther, she admitted that she had in fact been Barbara Mapplebeck in a former life. The daughter of Johnny Mapplebeck, of Whittaker and Mapplebeck framebuilders and bike shop in Bradford, she had been successful in races in the 50's and early 60's. She'd been runner up in the National Championship behind BB a couple of times and active on the grass tracks too. http://azurservers.com:7080/rbr/barbara-mapp.jpgon the grass in York Still in businesss today, although morphed into Pennine Cycles, Whittaker and Mapplebeck must be the oldest family run bikeshop in England. (Not to be confused with Ellis-Briggs, as many do, which is [relatively] close by in Shipley and which is another fine frame builder.) Interesting.... -- Davey Crockett Flying the Flag of the English The Flag of Hengest and Horsahttp://azurservers.com:7080/rbr/englishdragon.jpg Cool story, bro. |
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