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Stars, That was a great story of how life was, thanks for sharing it with us all. Graham.

You don't have to be a scientist or chemist to see that there are too many obese people on the streets these days. I think that it has a lot to do with modern day food but I think that the real reason for so many problems is, like with everything too much of anything is not good, that along with...

Thanks again to you all for reading or re-reading my hop-picking memories and I'm so glad that it brought back so many memories of your own young days. I love reading your own memories and thanks to 'Gofy' for such a lovely photo, may I download it to my computer? Graham.

Ernie, thanks for reading and yes my knee healed perfectly it never gave me any problems; I put that down to all the cycling I did as a kiddie. Graham.

Wendy, what a lovely childhood you must have had at Boscombe.

Colin thanks for that link. Have you read this, my tribute to Tommy Godwin? https://new.britishcycling.org.uk/50th-anni/article/roa20100104-Graham-Webb-Interview-Part-4-0 Graham.

Thanks Chris, great work done again.:) Colin, do you know what happened to my Tommy Godwin story on B14? Graham.

I too have looked for the 'old' thread on the Silver Blades as some of my postings were on there and I'd downloaded a lot of the photos, some after the fire. But yes together with the thread they've all gone up in smoke.:cry:

Fred, I've had to do that many times over. The speed of wear all depends on the quality of the components used; best thing for your friend to do is get it done at a bike shop as it often requires special tools. Graham.

Jennyann, Thanks, I think that I still have a racing jersey from the 'world wide randonneurs' I'll have to have a dig into my clothing museum. I too loved to watch Pantani in the Tour de France, pity that he found it necessary to cheat I don't think that he needed to. Bob, Thanks for...

Terrific Eric you seem to have interpreted the light just right and the quality of your work is magnificent!:thumbsup:

Circuit race in Birmingham 1964, same orange saddle but this time on my Mercian bike made at their Derby factory to my specification and sprayed yellow & black to match my socks! The socks had fluo yellow sculls & crossbones on them bought at the Army & Navy store on Stratford Road, but they...

Sharon there are an awful lot of cap badges for sale on eBay and if you look through the list of badges for sale you will quickly see just how much they are worth. Remember that these things are only worth what someone is willing to pay no matter how large or unique the collection may be. Hope...

For Kevin & Fred, a rare colour photo taken in Holland some time before my world championship win clearly shows my dolly coloured Unica saddle. The Dutch went wild about my saddle as orange is their national colour.

Kevin sorry that it was not my saddle. I do remember 'butchering' one of those Brooks’s saddles in my possession I gave it away but never used it, maybe it was this one that found it's way to a cycle jumble? I've looked up some photos taken during those 1967 world championships and in this...

Kevin thanks for joining and for posting on the forum. I'm afraid that you were told a load of porkies by that bloke. Although I did own some Brooks’s saddles, won as prizes in races, from day one I only used the then new type of plastic saddles. In the 60's the first ones were orange, my...

For those new members that haven't read my Birmingham holiday memories as a kiddie; https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11231&highlight=hop+picking Graham.

Fred thanks for your messages here and on the Telegraph site. Yes he was a good man with a big heart that helped so many British cyclists. We often tend to forget people that help us along the way in life but I shall never forget Albert. He had the same qualities as most of the people on this...

Fred:D:D:D I wonder how many times they had to replace the window in the 'Harp' before they stopped bothering and just boarded the window up; had they run out of cash, windows or drunken Irishmen?:D:D:D Graham.

Thanks Frederick, Jennyann & Mossy. Another bit of reading in the 'Telegraph' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/6932785/Albert-Beurick.html Graham.