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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine. Volume 9 No.1 March 2012
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An invitation.
In addition to being President of our illustrious Club this year I am also President of the National
Association of Veteran Cycle Clubs and Captain of the Solent Veteran Bicycle and Tricycle Club.
There are 10 veteran cycle clubs in the country and each year one club hosts a national rally.
This year my own club are hosting
the event at Fishbourne near
Chichester on the weekend of the
nd
st
1 and 2 of September. The rally
ride is on the Sunday but there are
events on the Saturday with a cycle
jumble, an auction with several
complete veteran cycles as well as
restoration projects etc.
Entries for the auction are being taken now. Commission is only 5% of the hammer price and
there is no buyers premium. There is a barn dance on the Saturday night. On site camping is
available or local accommodation can be booked through the Chichester Tourist office.
Members might like to visit the event, where on the Sunday there will hopefully be between 150
and 200 cyclists, all riding, in costume, cycles and tricycles built before 1935.
To enter the rally it is necessary to belong to one of the association’s clubs. I can arrange
membership of my own club at a cost of only £2.50. If you would like to enter please let me know
and I will arrange for an application form and an entry form to be sent.
All cycles participating must have been built before 1935.
Pickwick

Did you spot Mrs.Bardell?

Of course, she is the one
on the right, suitably displaying

her Red nose.

They work hard to entertain the
children in the Rainbow Centre in
The Hampshire town of Fareham.
(See the result of the collection

made at the Garden Party on page 14)