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Postcards

The postcard on the right dates from the early 1900's. It is a Music Hall act, Hall and Wilson.

Cycling acts were popular at the time. This was roller racing, with the two cyclists racing against each other, driving the two small cycles on the central disk to show who was winning. No doubt the audience cheered them on.

Climax of the event would have been the race of man against machine, with one rider on the Fleet motorcycle.
Fleet postcard, Hall and Wilson music hall act

Another postcard, this one for Ariel and probably dating to around 1914.

 

 Ariel cycles postcard circa 1914
Ariel Cycles postcard circa 1920

Left, an Ariel cycles postcard from about 1920.

See the Posters page for a similar hoarding poster.
   

 
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