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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 17 No.1 March 2020 2

Editorial perambulations……
I usually use this space to ramble on a bit, but this time I
write with considerable sadness following the passing of Joe
the Fat Boy – aka Stan Rose in early January. As many of you
will know, Stan was the editor of the Club newsletter for over
10 years – until 2014 when I took over. He was extremely
helpful and patient during the transition of the magazine into
a new pair of hands. I was very grateful for his help
especially when we both realised he was using a Microsoft
system and I was using AppleMac. Several trips to his home
near Chesham – and I found that with Hilary’s help he had
managed the magazine in his own style with great success. It was simply a newsletter -double
sided A4 sheets of mainly text – in the beginning but with his capabilities on the PC he
transformed it into the magazine style we have today. He had a wealth of informative
nuggets about cycling and Club archive material that he could call upon to fill the many odd
blank spaces, as he was always in need of copy. Stan, we will miss you, and we thank you for
your many years of producing the magazine. There is more about Stan later in the magazine
from his close friend of some 50years, Justice Stareleigh.
After that sad news, I would just like to remind everyone, as if that’s necessary, that 2020
is the 150th Anniversary of our existence. The exact date the Club was formed is allegedly
three weeks after the death of Charles Dickens in June 1870, but like so much of our early
years history it is not easy to be so specific about the detail. We do however have some
information from the descendants of several of the “Original Six Members”, but even that
cannot be completely relied on as being beyond questioning. More about that later in the
magazine.

The 2020 working party hope to see the remainder of their plans come to fruition during
the year, but the success of the celebrations are very much dependent on the members to
support all or as much as possible the planned events. Part of the plan is to have an extra
magazine sometime in July, so I really need your help with any historical information you may
have about the Club.
Enjoy this memorable year in the Club’s history………. Editor

Closing Date for the July issue -30th May.
All contributions are welcome and should be sent to the Editor, by email to:
pickwick2610@hotmail.com or to:
Taverners, Warninglid Lane, Plummers Plain, West Sussex RH13 6NY