NEW TI RALEIGH 753 40TH TDF ANNIVERSARY MODEL v.2
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dorset boy
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steampowered
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Sigh.
Oh for a time machine.
Guess I'll have to make do with my backward looking, rose tinted spectacles.
Oh for a time machine.
Guess I'll have to make do with my backward looking, rose tinted spectacles.
steampowered
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Way back in 1982 I started working for Raleigh at their UK Dristribution Centre which was in Sinfin Derby . I stayed for about 4/5 years . Anyway during this time i paid a visit to the Head Offices in Nottingham . This included a look around the marketing office . It was in one floor/wing . Everything that was available at the time was lined up in order . I wish I had taken pictures at the time . From toys to Team replica bikes . Willy Wonka's for any
bicycle enthusiast . Sadly I did not go round the main works .
It was a different company then,the rest is history.
Way back in 1982 I started working for Raleigh at their UK Dristribution Centre which was in Sinfin Derby . I stayed for about 4/5 years . Anyway during this time i paid a visit to the Head Offices in Nottingham . This included a look around the marketing office . It was in one floor/wing . Everything that was available at the time was lined up in order . I wish I had taken pictures at the time . From toys to Team replica bikes . Willy Wonka's for any
bicycle enthusiast . Sadly I did not go round the main works .
It was a different company then,the rest is history.
vcballbat
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You can step back to 1980 in this great documentary about Alan Oakley...
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steampowered
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Wharf Road eh?
Pongo Braithwaite and Aende.
I'd visited Raleigh because I wanted to photograph high quality bike making. I went to the SBDU site Ilkeston in, I think, February 1987. It was a miserable day and it was deserted. I then visited Sid Standard (and Peter Riches). I then visited Pongo, the pictures on Flickr are mine.
I don't own an Aende (yet). But I have a Sid Standard Superbe that is almost complete.
Pongo Braithwaite and Aende.
I'd visited Raleigh because I wanted to photograph high quality bike making. I went to the SBDU site Ilkeston in, I think, February 1987. It was a miserable day and it was deserted. I then visited Sid Standard (and Peter Riches). I then visited Pongo, the pictures on Flickr are mine.
I don't own an Aende (yet). But I have a Sid Standard Superbe that is almost complete.
steampowered":17kdu8ys said:
Yes Alan was a gentleman & great to chat to over a cup of tea... I had a low pro frame made by him but sold it long ago in Scotland when I was in Aberdeen late 80’s but drove down to his place to Order pay for it then later to pick it up if memory serves me right.
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