ABSTRACT
At about the same time I had acquired the status of a ‘teenager’ it was possible to buy a brand new rather heavy ‘sit-up-and-beg’ pedal bicycle from the local branch of H*lf*r*s for the sum of £3 19s 11d (near enough £3.99). The ‘bike’ is still part of modern life and we now have ‘mountain-bikes’ which are encountered in all sorts of unlikely places, such as canal towpaths, bridle ways and steep mountain tracks.
