Richard Dye
master brummie
Viv, I think it is for a 5 mile time trial given the time.
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Kynoch Cycling Club
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Richard Dye
master brummie
Viv, I’m not sure…..When I rode there were time trial and massed start races. Usually time tails up to 75 miles and massed start over. But maybe that’s what I rode in as a junior, maybe oldbrit or others can provide some direction/clarity.
Slightly off-topic, but can’t help admiring the beautiful handwriting of the name, date etc on the certificate. Makes the document much more prized than the printed documents of today. Viv.
Richard Dye
master brummie
Most of us who were taught engineering drawing or drafting (draughting) were taught pen and ink calligraphy. Many important drawings were done on linen using Indian ink.
ChrisM
Gone but not forgotten R.I.P
Thanks, Brian.
I recognise the name of Harold Binks on the certificate. He was Director of Amal Ltd which produced motor cycle carburettors on the Witton site. A company which bore his family name had combined with others to form Amalgamated Carburettors - later known as Amal - which was eventually absorbed into ICI Metals Division (IMI).
Harold Binks (b.1891) lived in Sutton and at least one other family member worked for Amal in the 1950s and later.
Chris
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The timing is not quite right - I know I can do 10 miles in 25ish minutes which is about club standard. Although bikes are nippier these days he would still be doing 5 miles quicker than 16.18.
I have seen Victorian times of over 22mph on rough roads.
Yes Kieron. I’m still not convinced it’s ‘5 miles’. But keeping an open mind. Viv.
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2nd place with that time suggests that the competition was sluggish!
Stuart Owen
New Member
My farther was a member of the club from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. I have quite alot of memorabilia including trophies, pictures etc and still have his orginal top in the team colours. Is this forum topic still active?
Appropriate wedding archway for these two cyclists. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
I have fond memories of riding with the club back in the 60's both Sunday club runs and time trials etc.
Jim and Faye Burley often led the Sunday club runs and which lasted all day.
Roger Bick, Alan Ordish, Brain Saywell, Tom??? ,Spangle and many others.
Great memories and still riding now with Droitwich CC and still a member of Beacon RCC
Sometimes I wish I could turn the clock back to those innocent days!
I still have my Kynock jersey but its a bit tight now!
Jim and Faye Burley often led the Sunday club runs and which lasted all day.
Roger Bick, Alan Ordish, Brain Saywell, Tom??? ,Spangle and many others.
Great memories and still riding now with Droitwich CC and still a member of Beacon RCC
Sometimes I wish I could turn the clock back to those innocent days!
I still have my Kynock jersey but its a bit tight now!
Richard Dye
master brummie
Great memories, rode with the club, mostly on Sundays 1957 to 1960/1. Also did time trials with them and Birmingham Mercury!
My son Neil stumbled across this thread earlier this month but worried it was dormant. I have just browsed through it, clearly it is not dormant so I shall compose a contribution & post it in the near future. In the meantime, in brief:
I joined in 1960 & only left when I started work in Banbury & got married in the 1970s. Not a million miles away, but there was no M40 or M42 then. It was flattering (?) to see the photo of my struggling up Winnats Pass (Al & Mrs Harper brought me back to life as I lay on the grass vomitting from the effort). Also the names of my other contemporaries brought back many memories: Alan Ordidge, Roger Bick, Brian Saywell, Nigel Marshal, Tom Moore, Jim & Faye Burley (Faye worked with my then girlfriend, later wife, Gill at Good Hope Hospital), Roger Mayfield (Spangle), John & Ann Owen, Chris & Val Jones, Colin & Audrey Howkins, Ray Layton, Malcolm Hancock, Jerry Fitzgerald, Ken Evans, John Stanley (owned the first & probably only Moulton in the club), Harold Binks, Tony Marlowe. Others associated with Kynoch: Bob & Muriel Maitland, Stan Jones, Graham Webb (won our Open 25 TT three times). Great memories of great times. I would be pleased to hear from anyone, even those whose names I have forgotten.
Roger Wilson
I joined in 1960 & only left when I started work in Banbury & got married in the 1970s. Not a million miles away, but there was no M40 or M42 then. It was flattering (?) to see the photo of my struggling up Winnats Pass (Al & Mrs Harper brought me back to life as I lay on the grass vomitting from the effort). Also the names of my other contemporaries brought back many memories: Alan Ordidge, Roger Bick, Brian Saywell, Nigel Marshal, Tom Moore, Jim & Faye Burley (Faye worked with my then girlfriend, later wife, Gill at Good Hope Hospital), Roger Mayfield (Spangle), John & Ann Owen, Chris & Val Jones, Colin & Audrey Howkins, Ray Layton, Malcolm Hancock, Jerry Fitzgerald, Ken Evans, John Stanley (owned the first & probably only Moulton in the club), Harold Binks, Tony Marlowe. Others associated with Kynoch: Bob & Muriel Maitland, Stan Jones, Graham Webb (won our Open 25 TT three times). Great memories of great times. I would be pleased to hear from anyone, even those whose names I have forgotten.
Roger Wilson
Presumably your parents were John & Ann Owen?
In the context of Kynoch CC, TT refers to Time Trial. The club ran an Open 25 ml TT (see my comment above about Graham Webb), open massed start road races and a programme of evening TTs for club members, usually 10 ml, occasionally 5 ml.
What was your dad's name? The description sounds like Al Harper.