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The frame no starts with "W" = Worksop. Therefore the bike was made in the Carlton works at Worksop, which was owned by Raleigh and closed about 1982. Carlton were always up market of Raleigh.

I have the opportunity to buy a Carlton Corsair. I have fancied these cycles since I was a kid, when I used to ride my mother's pre - war Carlton. I know plenty about Carlton cycles in general, but little about the Corsair model. Can anybody tell me when the model was produced, and how it...