1884 Plectocycle Front-Steering Tricycle.**1960 Triumph Catalogue: ‘Go Gay with Triumph’.
**1930s Melen Ltd Carrier Cycles & Tricycles.**1926 Fabrique Nationale FN Catalogue/ Parts List.**1914 Triumph Bicycle/ Motorcycle Catalogue.* Vintage Bicycle Adverts: 1920s – 1950s.Bicycle History: Nottingham – The Raleigh Cycle Co Sunbeam, Hercules, New Hudson, Coventry Eagle, Dunelt, James, Rudge Whitworth, BSA, Royal Enfield, Ekswick Hopper, Sun, Triang Juvenileġ946 Jagrose – James Grose Ltd, 379 Euston Rd, Gt. But there were so many different motorcycles on the British market that, by the end of the twenties, many of them had either closed down, merged or were bought by their competitors.īy 1929, bicycles had become a cheap form of transport affordable by the ordinary working class.ġ930s Argyle – Glasgow Cycle Co, 212 St James Rd, Glasgow C4ġ930s Grierson & Graham, 34-36 Church Cres and 21 Whitesands, Dumfries – Most bicycle manufacturers had also become motorcycle manufacturers. In the twenties, prices of all forms of transport were reduced radically. The world was now mobilized as never before. John Marston Ltd, Sunbeamland, Wolverhampton
Mestre et Blatge, 46 ave de la Grande-Armee, Paris In the immortal words of the advert above:ġ1 Murray St & 212 Parliamentary Rd, Glasgow C4ġ920s Saxon – the Saxon Cycle Co Ltd, 15-19 Arcola St, London E8 But nothing beats revisiting the era via the hard saddle, crunchy gears, awkward handlebars and exhilarating ride of on an early 20th century bicycle.
Experiencing a bygone age through advertisements of its period is glorious.