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rial,
man.
present,
memorial,
and culture.”
County Council,
September 1934,
£110 and 10 shillings,
a bench and a sundial.
time’s services to cycling,
known as Poplars Corner,
including G.H.Stancer,
The memorial took two forms.
with a special award on his retirement,
North Road in Bedfordshire near Girtford,
in the presence of 4000 people.
committee asking if they could manage a little more,
by Sandy,
triangular plot of land where a lane joined the main road,
It was hedged around with box,
administered by the trust founded in his name.
rich in associations of these early days of time-trialling.A small
and
then
launched immediately for some form of memorial to the great
and attractively laid out with a stone memo-
cated to his memory was laid out at a point beside the Great
a spot
First a garden dedi-
recognising his life-
In fact plans were already well in hand to present him
entered by two tiny bridges over the shallow drainage dykes
that lay on each side.The design was the work of the architect,
was bought from Bedfordshire
and this award now became a
William Cook of the Anfield BC,
E.A.
Road Club.The words on the memorial called Bidlake “A great cyclist,”
name for outstanding achievement in cycling or outstanding service to cycling.
Boyle,
although it seems that the builder underestimated his costs,
and came back to the
It was intended to refer
The Unfinished Story
and “A man of singular charm
which they did.The garden was unveiled on 23
and its construction cost
The second aspect of the memorial was the prize to be awarded each year in Bidlake’s
and Sydney Vanheems of the Bath
Leading figures in the cycling club world were
The memorial stone in the Bidlake garden.
23
man.
present,
memorial,
and culture.”
County Council,
September 1934,
£110 and 10 shillings,
a bench and a sundial.
time’s services to cycling,
known as Poplars Corner,
including G.H.Stancer,
The memorial took two forms.
with a special award on his retirement,
North Road in Bedfordshire near Girtford,
in the presence of 4000 people.
committee asking if they could manage a little more,
by Sandy,
triangular plot of land where a lane joined the main road,
It was hedged around with box,
administered by the trust founded in his name.
rich in associations of these early days of time-trialling.A small
and
then
launched immediately for some form of memorial to the great
and attractively laid out with a stone memo-
cated to his memory was laid out at a point beside the Great
a spot
First a garden dedi-
recognising his life-
In fact plans were already well in hand to present him
entered by two tiny bridges over the shallow drainage dykes
that lay on each side.The design was the work of the architect,
was bought from Bedfordshire
and this award now became a
William Cook of the Anfield BC,
E.A.
Road Club.The words on the memorial called Bidlake “A great cyclist,”
name for outstanding achievement in cycling or outstanding service to cycling.
Boyle,
although it seems that the builder underestimated his costs,
and came back to the
It was intended to refer
The Unfinished Story
and “A man of singular charm
which they did.The garden was unveiled on 23
and its construction cost
The second aspect of the memorial was the prize to be awarded each year in Bidlake’s
and Sydney Vanheems of the Bath
Leading figures in the cycling club world were
The memorial stone in the Bidlake garden.
23
