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Bidlake
not to be a cheque,
tainly not unchanged,
unique form of sport.
was simply a cash prize,
period was not ruled out.
to one specific achievement in each year,
Huge crowds at the opening of the Bidlake garden in September 1934.
but it survives and flourishes,
trait,
approach.
after the work of building and opening the garden was completed.
an hour-glass.
and time-trialling.
a winged wheel,
decided on was a plaque,
better one of a trophy,
Bidlake’s skill as a writer,
provided they approved,
poplar trees,
and the figure of twelve guineas was suggested as being about right.
perpetuate Bidlake’s name and personality.
refers to his age at the time of his death.The plaques
But this idea was soon replaced by the far
a rising sun and
designed to reflect and to
But it was
now almost 120 years after Bidlake conceived this
It seems that at first the trust’s idea
were cast in copper and silver-plated.This memo-
as this seemed rather grubby and mercenary.The winner would buy something to
Plans for the exact form of this prize were discussed in the winter of 1934,
rial plaque and the garden are unchanged - except
design was carefully thought-out to evoke Bidlake
It showed the great man’s por-
that the trees are much taller - eighty years after they were first unveiled.Time-trialling itself is cer-
that value and the committee would pay for it –
The
and the 66 milestone
but giving the award for achievements over an extended
and the form the trust
The crossed quill-pens refer to
a very paternalistic
Bidlake
not to be a cheque,
tainly not unchanged,
unique form of sport.
was simply a cash prize,
period was not ruled out.
to one specific achievement in each year,
Huge crowds at the opening of the Bidlake garden in September 1934.
but it survives and flourishes,
trait,
approach.
after the work of building and opening the garden was completed.
an hour-glass.
and time-trialling.
a winged wheel,
decided on was a plaque,
better one of a trophy,
Bidlake’s skill as a writer,
provided they approved,
poplar trees,
and the figure of twelve guineas was suggested as being about right.
perpetuate Bidlake’s name and personality.
refers to his age at the time of his death.The plaques
But this idea was soon replaced by the far
a rising sun and
designed to reflect and to
But it was
now almost 120 years after Bidlake conceived this
It seems that at first the trust’s idea
were cast in copper and silver-plated.This memo-
as this seemed rather grubby and mercenary.The winner would buy something to
Plans for the exact form of this prize were discussed in the winter of 1934,
rial plaque and the garden are unchanged - except
design was carefully thought-out to evoke Bidlake
It showed the great man’s por-
that the trees are much taller - eighty years after they were first unveiled.Time-trialling itself is cer-
that value and the committee would pay for it –
The
and the 66 milestone
but giving the award for achievements over an extended
and the form the trust
The crossed quill-pens refer to
a very paternalistic
