History – Anerley Bicycle Club

A Bugle Blast From The Past

January 23, 2023January 27, 2023 des

As few of us appear to be doing anything interesting enough to go into the Gazette I am having to

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Sports Round-up for 2022

November 23, 2022December 9, 2022 des

A.G.M REPORT BY MARK HANCOCK, RACE SECRETARY With some additions from the Anerley Gazette where available. Three Anerley members rode

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Royal Cyclists

September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 des

It was only a few weeks ago that we had an Anerley Gathering to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen

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Mike Burrows – R.I.P

September 2, 2022September 3, 2022 des

I had an email from Tom Moody saying : Hi Des, An article from the Cyclist. I met him many

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Top British Cyclist Dies on Tour de France

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 des

No not this year but back in 1967! The late and great Tom Simpson. Read all about it here!https://www.drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/tom-simpson-heat-stroke-and-amphetamines.html And

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Anerley B.C. Watch the Tour de France

June 27, 2022July 8, 2022 des

On 7th July 2007 the World’s greatest bike race, the Tour de France, started in London. It was the very

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Jubilee Celebration

June 5, 2022June 9, 2022 Tom

I think some people were hoping to call this weekend Platy Jubes which somewhat diminishes the 70 years of service from a classy cyclist.

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Holdsworth 1961 Monsoon Restoration 2.

February 20, 2022March 19, 2022 des

Part 2 by Master Craftsman, John Eden The above photo shows my finished restoration, but shows nothing of what was

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Wheels Go Round, and So Does Fashion

February 3, 2022February 4, 2022 des

Was Denise the first Anerley Gravel biker or was she just a much later follower of fashion? The Anerley Bicycle

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Holdsworth 1961 Monsoon Restoration.

January 22, 2022January 24, 2022 des

By Master Craftsman, John Eden I acquired the frame and forks in June 2017 from an old friend of Frank

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THE CAPTAIN’S PEN

January 14, 2022January 19, 2022 des

INKED AND GUIDED BY DES AND EWA INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM! As a result of November 1999’s AGM, Myself and

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The Anerley Re-Union after 60 years!

November 24, 2021November 25, 2021 des

I have already written about our mini-tour based at Weymouth and our visit to the Abbotsbury Swannery. See https://anerleybc.org/swanning-around-in-dorset/ Note

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Mulga Bill’s Bicycle

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 des

The original poem by “Banjo” Paterson appeared in the Australian newspaper – The Sydney Mail on 25 July 1896, when

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Highways and Byways-Battle Stations!

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021 des

As I wrote in an earlier Gazette, we are not a heads down racing club so have ample opportunity to

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Highways and Byways, April 2021

March 18, 2021December 6, 2022 des

The month of April celebrates our English patron saint – St George the Dragon Slayer. Unlike our other UK nationals,

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A Cycling Epic Across Spain with Ewa!

February 20, 2021July 25, 2021 des

ANERLEY’S PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS by Des Donohoe It was the winter of 2005 when Ewa had the idea of cycling across

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A White Cliffs Bike Ride

August 29, 2020May 30, 2022 des

After our day’s ride following the Viking Coastal Cycle Route, see https://anerleybc.org/around-the-isle-of-thanet/ , five of us (Sue Smith, Jo Rifaat,