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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 14 No.1 March 2017

I'll be back in five minits by the clock." "And wot 'ud become o' me if you WOS struck
with apoplexy?" said the turnkey. "Wy," says the little creetur, "whoever found me, 'ud
bring me home, for I've got my card in my pocket, Bill," he says, "No. 20, Coffee-room
Flight": and that wos true, sure enough, for wen he wanted to make the acquaintance of
any new-comer, he used to pull out a little limp card vith them words on it and nothin' else;
in consideration of vich, he vos alvays called Number Tventy. The turnkey takes a fixed
look at him, and at last he says in a solemn manner, "Tventy," he says, "I'll trust you; you
won’t get your old friend into trouble." "No, my boy; I hope I've somethin' better behind
here," says the little man; and as he said it he hit his little vesket wery hard, and then a
tear started out o' each eye, which wos
wery extraordinary, for it wos supposed as water never touched his face. He shook the
turnkey by the hand; out he vent--'”

A T Hunter 1878 to 1914
J H Holloway 1921 to 1936
S R Fidgin 1942 to 1961
Charles Chapman 1966 to 1971
Kenneth F Lingard 1972 to 1988
Martin Nelhams 2005 to 2014
Dan Loyd 2016 to present

Passing of friends……It is always with regret that we have

to report the loss of Club members.

In October 2016, Gerhard Noske /Mr Prossee passed away. He had been a member of the
Pickwick since 2005 and had just resigned from the Club prior to this news. Buzfuz wrote
to the family to offer condolences on behalf of the Club.