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hi there, I left in 1955.

In reply to Old Brit (Crumpy), The above article gives the information regarding the athletic side of the club. Also the club has over its existence had many members that have been walkers, mountaineers, etc. In my time we used to have a break from cycling occasionally during the winter months...

The faltering Birmingham Athletics Club was absorbed into the cycling club on April 3rd 1890, at a meting at the Holte Hotel Aston, on the official start up of the cycling club, hence Midland Cycling & Athletic Club to this day, officials were elected also at this meeting. This meeting...

Sorry but our records do not give any more information other than what you see in the piece about the MC&AC. You may find out more from athletic records. John Bishop.

I was born in Birmingham in 1939 & lived in Bishop Street, quite a co-incidence given my surname. My father worked in a factory opposite our house, which I believe was called Weathershields. Early in the war we were in the underground shelter of the factory during an air raid and on coming out...

Hi, I am John Bishop, General Secretary of the MC&AC. I do indeed have all the historical records of the club. If I can be of any help please let me know. Just remembered, I did some carpentry work for a member of the Urry clan many years ago, in a cottage at Dickens Heath, Solihull area.

Remember well Showell Green Lane Sparkhill being re-surfaced at the top end near Yardley Wood Road some time in the mid forties, by a group of prisoners of war, not sure if Germans or Italians.

THE MAKERS TOUR The Centenary Pilgrimage which Frank Urry organised for the manufacturers of bicycles and equipment, was a great event, and probably one of the most enjoyable week-ends in a cycling sense the trade has ever spent. In all there were twenty eight manufacturers, and the total party...

I may have more info on where the Baptist Curch may have been in Lombard St. I started work for a builder in 1955 & the offices &workshops of T Humphries & Sons hwere situated around where No 72A Lombard St is now, the site of an employment agency. There 77was a storage yard on the site for un-...

Thanks for your interest in my blog. I have found the drive that I was referring to, it is the one leading up to the Moseley Ashfield cricket club. Seem to remember also road steam rollers being stored somewhere near this driveway.

I used to watch football on the Windermere ground around the the late forties & early fifties on Sunday mornings. Also remember a one armed forward, one of the best players seen there, very skilful. Also used to watch the cricket at the club opposite the Moseley grammar school. Was the Pickwick...

I attended St John's during the forties, then went to Formans Road Secondry Modern. I was also in the choir at St John's church & was given time away from school to be in the choir at funerals. Mrs Mannion was a teacher then and Mr Ree's was the Headmaster. School was closed for a few days...

The Midland Cycling & Athletic Club used to hold its Annual Dinner & Presentation night here in the early nineties, which were attended by many of the great & good of Birmingham.

Hi Mooky, As the holder of the records of the Midland Cycling & Athletic Club, I have got details of a Fred & Harry Chinn who were cycle racing around the late eighteen hundreds & both were champions. I have in the past sent details of the brothers to a Paul Jones, if this name comes up in your...

In 1999/2000 over the winter period, my wife & I along with some friends did the Elan Valley Way walk, starting from Scotland Lane, Frankley. One of the finest distance walks that you can do. It crosses Frankley Beaches, Clent Hills, then via Hagley, Bewdley, Cleobury Mortimer, Ludlow...

I lived in Showell Green Lane from 1940 until 1961. I remember seeing sheep & cattle being driven along the Stratford Road, must have been in the forties, probably from Hall Green Station to the abattoir in Bradford Street. Just around the corner in Showell Green Lane, almost opposite Ivor...

I lived in Showell Green Lane, Sparkhill from about 1941 until 1960, then moved to Acocks Green. Was in the choir at St Johns when the Rev Tetley was the Vicar. Mr Adams was the choirmaster, strict but was a brilliant organist. Remember going on holidays to the Isle of Wight, staying in log...

John Urry was indeed one of the founder members of the Midland Cycling & Athletic Club. He was President in 1901 and again in 1916. On February 22nd 1903 he celebrated his 50th birthday. Frank J Urry was President in 1927 & 1928. Frank was also General Secretary from 1900 to 1921. (I have just...

Hi there, John Urry was a founder member of the club, details of Frank are very sparce, but he was involved as an club official at some time. To find out more about the Urry's will require searching through the books.

To continue with the history of the Midland Cycling & Athletic Club. The club was officially formed on April 3rd 1890 at a meeting in the Holte Hotel, Aston. On this date the faltering Midland Athletic Club was absorbed, hence the name ever since. During the first year of the club, they...