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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine. Volume 9 No.2 July 2012 21
RESEARCHING YOUR ANCESTORS,
OR, WHO WERE YOUR EARLY NAMESAKES?
This series is compiled and produced by
Past President Joseph Smiggers,Esq. P.V.P.M.P.C., (Steve Bullen).

The Pickwick Bicycle Club has been in continuous existence since its formation in 1870, and the soubriquets of its members have
been faithfully passed down from generation to generation. If you would like to receive the available history of your soubriquet
please contact Joseph Smiggers at steve@stephenbullen.com and you will have this information by return.

Augustus Snodgrass – poetic follower of Mr. Pickwick. Member of the Pickwick Club

“'That the said proposal has received the sanction and approval of this Association. 'That the
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Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club is therefore hereby constituted; and that Samuel
Pickwick, Esq., G.C.M.P.C., Tracy Tupman, Esq., M.P.C., Augustus Snodgrass, Esq., M.P.C.,
and Nathaniel Winkle, Esq., M.P.C., are hereby nominated and appointed members of the
same; and that they be requested to forward, from time to time, authenticated accounts of their
journeys and investigations, of their observations of character and manners, and of the whole of
their
adventures, together with all tales and papers to which local scenery or associations may give
rise, to the Pickwick Club, stationed in London.”

J. Woolford 1870 to 1875 Treasurer (1874) forced to resign in 1875 because he was a
professional cyclist. A cycle manufacturer.
J G Chapman 1876 to 1899
W H Waddington 1904 to 1914
W J Welch 1924 to 1939
C Gilbert Smith 1942 to 1964
W Lee 1968 to 1978
R Davis 1979 to 1991
Michael Ennis 1991 to present President (2008)

Mr Price, the lawyer – Smithers and Price’s chancery:
“'That's all right,' replied Mr. Perker's clerk; and then seeing Mr. Pickwick's eye wandering
curiously towards the table, he added, 'will you join us, for half an hour or so? We are capital
company here to-night. There's Samkin and Green's managing- clerk, and Smithers and Price's
chancery, and Pimkin and Thomas's out o' doors--sings a capital song, he does--and Jack
Bamber, and ever so many more. You're come out of the country, I suppose. Would you like to
join us?'”

Arthur James “Basil” Rushton 1963 to 2011 President (1984). Died 2011.