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Irchester Wheelers

Irchester Wheelers The first run in 1933, when the members cycled to the Black Bull P.H. at Brampton, near Huntingdon.

They lined up in front of the Co-operative Stores (seen in the background) before they set off.
Irchester Wheelers Cycling Club first run, 1st April 1933.
L-R: Kitch Pettit, Alec Green, Connie Frost. Jack Taylor jnr., Sid Chambers,
George Silsby, Bill Preece, Jim Tuckey, Ray Pell, Charlie Norman, Bill Upton,
Jack Taylor Jnr., Harry Stock, Ada Silsby, Bill Toms, May Felce, Eric Silsby.

1937 newsclip
Rushden Echo & Argus, 12th Feb 1937

The badge
The badge

 The Wheelers in the 1940s  Photos courtesy of John Wale 2018
the Wheelers in the 1940s Wheelers
Gordon & Margery Minney (right) leading the Wheelers .....
and standing front left and centre c1940s
Group Outside the clubhouse
group photograph
outside the clubhouse


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