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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine. Volume 10 No.3 October 2013

Write to:
This is the place where members may express their views and comments on Stan Rose
matters concerning the club and its activities. All letters are welcome and your ‘Mere’
Chartridge
input is confidently awaited! Bucks. HP5 2TF
Editor’s Note: Pickwickians - I can’t find your letters: please write - I am lonely! Or e-mail stan@stanrosefamily.com

Letter from Tom Smart, who spends some Can We Help?The following request is from
time in Corsica, at his holiday villa, here is his a non-member
comments on the start of the Tour de France:
Dear Pickwickians
Hallo Stan,
I am anxious to know if any of your club
It was really a Grand Depart on Corsica Island!
members knew anything about the Peel
The organization ASO did a great job. I saw the Cycling club that was based in Hackney in the
riders start at Porto Vecchio and passing after early part of the 20th Century. My Grandfather
70 km again on the way to Bastia. 2 stage was a member and won a number of races in
the mid 1920s for which I have the gold and
I went by bike with my son-in-law to the main silver medals along with 3 silver cups, the
larger being kept for winning 3 times.
climb near Vivario. That’s where the photo was
taken. If you can use it for the PBC magazine
His name was James Ernest Gibson and he
you can do that. Working as commentator for lived at 49 Great Cambridge Street, Hackney
Eurosport was not of interest from those people. Road. London.
I don’t know why.
Next week Chris Wreghitt will come for week The Club was the PEEL CYCLING CLUB.
to Corsica. We will ride together a bit. Founded in hackney in 1900 and continued
well into the 30’s.
Best regards >
>My grandfather’s successes included the
Tom Smart (AKA Peter Thaler)
following:
LONDON-BRIGHTON 1926 2:35:19 - >
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
BRIGHTON ‘50’ 1925 2:38:31
Jutta Thaler
LONDON-BRIGHTON 1927 2:35:45
BRIGHTON ‘50’ 1924 2:42:6
CLUB RECORD ‘25’ 1924 1:8:58
CLUB RECORD’50’ NK 2:25:19
STANDARD MEDAL ‘50’ 2:28:50
STANDARD MEDAL ‘25’ 1924 1:10:10
P.C.C FASTEST 1:9:23

I know it is a real shot in the dark but do you
or have any of your members any information
on the Peel Cycling club or its members?

Always very hopeful Peter Gibson
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