Apparently, Cycling runs in the Family...
TheBigYin
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I'm not talking about Eddie and Axel, or Stephen and Nicolas, Or Gary and Bradley...Or even Beryl and Denise.
Nope - I'm talking about My Dad and Me. and My Uncle Arthur and my Cousins Stephen and Richard.
I've been doing a bit of wading through the "big box of old photo's" and found one with the Words "Sharlston Wheelers, Malham 1950" in my Dad's handwriting on the back...
These were probably the heyday of cycling as a recreation in the UK, where pretty much every local village had their own little road-club - either dedicated to Racing, or Testing, or - most likely - just to touring, mainly using Youth Hostels...
On the evidence of this picture, it appears that the Sharlston Wheelers were definitely a touring club - check out the YHA badges on the "fashionable knitwear" :laugh:
Nope - I'm talking about My Dad and Me. and My Uncle Arthur and my Cousins Stephen and Richard.
I've been doing a bit of wading through the "big box of old photo's" and found one with the Words "Sharlston Wheelers, Malham 1950" in my Dad's handwriting on the back...
These were probably the heyday of cycling as a recreation in the UK, where pretty much every local village had their own little road-club - either dedicated to Racing, or Testing, or - most likely - just to touring, mainly using Youth Hostels...
On the evidence of this picture, it appears that the Sharlston Wheelers were definitely a touring club - check out the YHA badges on the "fashionable knitwear" :laugh:
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Great find.0
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PRECIOUS....0
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Fantastic pic! Thanks for the share :-D0
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Wow, that is a great piece of family history!0
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Lovely pic. Thanks for posting!0
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Absolutely Awesome!
Makes me nostalgic and it ain't my family nor even my country. Enjoy the nostalgia TBY.0 -
Great picture Mark, the thing I love about photos, giving us such treasured memories.
Here's one my brother pulled out of a box for our local club archives. We think it's taken around 1985, on some sort of club birthday.
I'm second from the left at the front, the little blondie!
I would have been 8 or 9 at the time, and I was riding a little red Raleigh 5 speed which I remember so well! I just wish I had followed up on what was obviously a passion and used cycling to do something with my life but hey ho, life is full of regrets...
Thanks for sharing Mark, anyone else got any 'olde worlde' pics they'd like to share?!0 -
One More - this time probably late 1980's... I'm at the back right hand side, with a rear wheel next to my head...
Think it was taken before one of the "club 10's" - note, it's a time-trial, no skinsuits, tribars, disk wheels or anything else - even exposed brake cables. From the Wool jersey's i'm guessing I May even still have been riding on restricted gears!0
