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The Late Mr. Bardell story cont’d………….
When riding a Bath Road ‘50’ and not feeling up to the mark he allegedly stopped at a
convenient ‘greasy spoon’, had steak & kidney pie, cabbage, mash and peas, jam roly-poly
and a cup of tea, eaten at warp speed, and still finished with a personal best time.
It’s unlikely we shall never see his like again. He was my friend for over 60 years;
proposed me as a member (Lt. Tappleton, Chapter 2, 1975-1990) and with whom I rode for
many of them, including a stupendous for me, 175 mile test ride to see if I was up to
accompanying him on a Tour of Scotland. Apparently I was, and we made Carter Bar in 3
days from London.
Former Lt Tappleton/T E Burke
Do you know someone currently in the PBC, or past member whose exploits
are worthy of a mention? If so, send me your/their story and we can include it
in a future issue.
It is with sadness that I have to report the passing of another Club member.
We have been informed of the death of The Late Mr. Clarke (Jules Renard) in March
of this year, by his brother-in-law ‘Slurk’, who informed Buzfuz “ Sadly my brother-in- law
passed away peacefully this evening following a long battle with cancer.”
Club condolences were passed on by Buzfuz to the family.
