Those were the days
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Andy S- Posts : 62
Join date : 2013-10-17
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Re: Those were the days
Not a Lycra-lout in sight! I wish we could turn back the clock and have traffic free roads.....with modern bikes of course!....and Lycra, I wouldn't fancy riding in those Plus-Fours!
philc- Posts : 87
Join date : 2013-10-17
Location : Matlock Bath
Re: Those were the days
Here is an even older clip featuring my Grandfather ("Tommy Briggs of Bradford") as they go through Derbyshire in 1946!
https://youtu.be/69YWTUxXoCI
https://youtu.be/69YWTUxXoCI
Andrew Briggs- Posts : 17
Join date : 2013-10-15
Re: Those were the days
Andrew Briggs wrote:Here is an even older clip featuring my Grandfather ("Tommy Briggs of Bradford") as they go through Derbyshire in 1946!
https://youtu.be/69YWTUxXoCI
Quality, thanks for sharing Andy
Andy S- Posts : 62
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Re: Those were the days
Take a look at this for what might have been!
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QdMSjfvjDhUC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=tommy+briggs+cycling&source=bl&ots=JJOW5VhT9G&sig=MUgFzja32OeUB_-OGF-ae2Opv2E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aHl4VJvxO8TCOYfBgdgG&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=tommy%20briggs%20cycling&f=false
I only found this out this year!!
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QdMSjfvjDhUC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=tommy+briggs+cycling&source=bl&ots=JJOW5VhT9G&sig=MUgFzja32OeUB_-OGF-ae2Opv2E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aHl4VJvxO8TCOYfBgdgG&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=tommy%20briggs%20cycling&f=false
I only found this out this year!!
Andrew Briggs- Posts : 17
Join date : 2013-10-15
Re: Those were the days
Fascinating Andy! Do you have any photos of him?
philc- Posts : 87
Join date : 2013-10-17
Location : Matlock Bath
Re: Those were the days
I'm pretty sure that this is him from the 1945 race. He is the nearest to the camera on the left (on the photograph with the Lord Mayor of London).
http://www.tour-racing.co.uk/html/1945_brighton-glasgow.html
http://www.tour-racing.co.uk/html/1945_brighton-glasgow.html
Andrew Briggs- Posts : 17
Join date : 2013-10-15
Re: Those were the days
Wow what a great photo! I love the detail of the Claud Butler, complete with braze-on for a front lamp bracket, lovely Chater-Lea chainset, wing-nuts on the front wheel and twin aluminium water bottles. One of the bikes behind is a Bates with diadrant forks.
philc- Posts : 87
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