Stokes frame... 60s?

Here is another of my frames I'd love to get up and back on the road at some point.
This was my dads bike, A Stokes, although he can't remember if it was Stokes of Coventry or Stokes of London, I can remember it as a resprayed stickerless fixed wheel bike in the late 70s. He thinks he got it in the early 60s but can't remember much more. I renovated it in the early 90s for him, sadly throwing away most of its components and replacing them with cheap shimano parts. I had another go at renovating it again 10 yrs ago, powdercoating it in orange and used it as a fixed wheel again but it is currently stripped to bare metal with a protective coating of gloss lacquer while I work out what to do with it next! ANy thoughts or comments welcome.

Hi, I've just procured a Stokes of London from a fellow Retrobiker, and having done some digging ( not a lot about ) that definitely looks like a Stokes of London. I've attached a piccie of my B/B showing same hook type treatment to the lug, the rest of the lugs are based on a different lug so a bit difficult to compare. I believe mine's 1950, based on components, angles and stays, yours looks about the same, maybe earlier maybe a touch later, but not 1960's. Have you a picture of the B/B with the serial numbers, I've put it on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/tk_photos/15599302281/ if you want a look, forgive the green against green, I didn't go to photography classes ! Terry

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Stokes of Coventry sold Tom Bromwich frames I believe - this is much before my time but it doesn't look like anything I saw growing up around there bitd, I tinkered with quite a few older bikes in the late 70s and early 80s.

Looks like Terry has the right lead to me...

Here is the Bottom Bracket and all the associated numbers - there are a few..
British Made
22
05768
GR23 V LS

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Hi, looking good, mine starts with a zero and is five digits, off to watch footie, will pass info on to the VCC expert and report back on what comes back, hopefully tomorrow. Terry

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Great stuff. Thanks!

Looking at the seat stay tops and the rear end dropouts which are Osgear style, I would date it at late 40's/early 50's?

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Wow that old?! Its super light too

Here it is in another outfit..

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Hi, he's not got back to us yet, but you can find all about Stokes at http://threespeedhub.com/frame-builders ... on-cycles/. This is all that is known about them. Please check out the Aerobrace model on the web page - worth a look. Terry