Things you don't see anymore


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Some folks only request information, which is fair enough by me. Maybe they don't want discussion, chat, banter etc. Different people want different things from a forum, and that's fine.  If

Things you don’t see anymore (times 2) A 1945 photo of my aunt, wearing a turban and scrubbing her front door step on Queens Grove, Meadows. She dug her heels in and refused to move when the

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Raleigh Royale,three speed Sturmey Archer hub and Sturmey Archer dyno hub on the front wheel,Brookes saddle and Lucas king of the road bell,fully enclosed chain guard,rod operated brakes,Thanks for posting this Compo

 

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Plantfit #3812:  Why is the rear light on the left hand side of the bike, I wonder.  It should be on the right side for UK use, surely?  Is it, perhaps, because of the gear cable?

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We used to upend a clothes horse and cover it with a blanket (Our blankets in the 1950s were all ex-army surplus). This became our pretend tent on the lawn.  We would have our dinner and tea in the tent before taking it down in the early evening. 

 

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Anyone else have one of these?  It took ages too type even the simplest of messages using the rotating stamper: 

 

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One thing you DON'T SEE any more but DO SEE still.  Steam locomotives in scrapyards and steam locomotives working.  Turn in your grave Dr Beeching and your British Transport Commission Modernisation Plan! [Photo credit: Steam For Scrap. Atlantic Publishing. p162]

 

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Compo,post 3815,could possibly have been for the european market,Raleigh sold bikes all over the world at their peak

 

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