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Transcript: Mr Eddie Saunders remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool
Goulburn-to-Sydney Cycling Classic
Bennett & Wood
Rookwood Bicycling Club
Stanmore Lady Wheelers
Sydney Bicycle Club
Bulfin, William George (Billy)
Maddock, Sarah
Canterbury Velodrome
Edworthy Cycle & Motor Works
American celebrations at Botany - bicycle feats in the dancing pavilion 5 July 1886
Cycling Kermit, Newtown 2006
Cyclists' union at Tollemarche's Prince of Wales Hotel, Sandringham April 1897
Final heat of the Grand Bicycle Steeplechase - the water jump. Anniversary Day sports at the Albert Ground, Redfern 26 January 1870
George Street, near the GPO c1900
Henri L'Estrange, The Australian Blondin 1876
Letter to the editor from Dagmar Berne, 24 July 1900
Madame Franzina, bicycle performer 1876
Norman Selfe (with beard) and Edmund Wolstenhome on velocipede invented by Selfe c1870s
The bicycle: Blowhard having heard of the swiftness of Self's two-wheel velocipedes 1869
What next? 1869
Mr Eddie Saunders remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool, interviewed in 1986

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Transcript: Mr Eddie Saunders remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool

Mr Eddie Saunders was born in 1903 and was interviewed in 1986 for the 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960.' Here he remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool, long before motorcars became commonplace.

Goulburn-to-Sydney Cycling Classic

Cycle race held approximately annually 1902-2012. The 2013 race was cancelled when police refused to close the Hume Highway and the race has not been held since.

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Bennett & Wood

Manufacturers of penny-farthings who embraced safety bicycles and were eventually to see motor vehicles as the way to further develop their business. The company was established by Mr. Charles W. Bennett and Mr. Charles R. Wood.

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Rookwood Bicycling Club

Cycling club formed in 1901 which ran weekly road and course races. By 1906, at the height of the cycling craze it was the largest club in Sydney.

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Stanmore Lady Wheelers

Ladies social and touring cycling club whose rides often began at Petersham Town Hall.

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Sydney Bicycle Club

Cycling club established in 1879.

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Bulfin, William George (Billy)

Publican at several inner city hotels and local cycling champion in Glebe.

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Maddock, Sarah

Cyclist who provoked controversy by undertaking a series of long distance rides with her husband. She proved an inspiration to many women and the popularity of cycling soared.

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Canterbury Velodrome

Velodrome at Charles Street Canterbury which had once seated 12000 people for cycling, wrestling and boxing matches.

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Edworthy Cycle & Motor Works

Manufacturer of cycles and motor cycles in Lidcombe and in Leichhardt from 1896 to 1963.

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American celebrations at Botany - bicycle feats in the dancing pavilion 5 July 1886

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[TN115]
(Illustrated Sydney News, 14 August 1886, p8)

Cycling Kermit, Newtown 2006

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By
Megan Hicks
Contributed By
Megan Hicks

Cyclists' union at Tollemarche's Prince of Wales Hotel, Sandringham April 1897

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[BCP 06051 / bcp_06051]
(Mitchell Library)

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[TN115]
(Illustrated Sydney News, 17 February 1870 p 344)

George Street, near the GPO c1900

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By
Kerry & Co
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a852001 / PXA 448, 9]
(Mitchell Library)

Henri L'Estrange, The Australian Blondin 1876

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By
George Willetts
Image courtesy of the
State Library of Victoria
[H96.160/2603]

Letter to the editor from Dagmar Berne, 24 July 1900

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Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[Sydney Morning Herald, 26 July 1900, p 11 via Trove]

Madame Franzina, bicycle performer 1876

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a837002 / PXA 362/v3/28r]
(Mitchell Library)

Norman Selfe (with beard) and Edmund Wolstenhome on velocipede invented by Selfe c1870s

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Contributed By
Deer family collection

The bicycle: Blowhard having heard of the swiftness of Self's two-wheel velocipedes 1869

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[QA827/S]
(QA827/S)

What next? 1869

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Contributed By
National Library of Australia
[Sydney Punch, 26 June 1869 p44 (via Trove)]

Mr Eddie Saunders remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool, interviewed in 1986

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Mr Eddie Saunders was born in 1903 and was interviewed in 1986 for the 'Looking Back at Liverpool: An Oral History of the Liverpool Region 1900 to 1960.' Here he remembers his mother's bike rental shop in Liverpool, long before motorcars became commonplace.
Transcript

EDDIE: She lived in the house next door to the blacksmith. It was a big lump of a brick place. She had a shop. She used to let out cycles, you know, bikes. People used to come to Liverpool, commercial travellers, in the train, and they used to come down to my mother's shop and hire a bicycle to go out to Hoxton Park and all those surrounding areas.

INTERVIEWER: And they would be salesmen?

EDDIE: Probably. I don't know what they were to tell you the truth, they could be anything.

Contributed By
Liverpool City Library
[BRN: 25453]

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