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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 11 No.2 September 2014 !12
She added, “ I would also like to thank the residents of the former Downs Hotel, where
the Club was formed, for their hospitality in offering the club members, me and my
consort, cordial to drink on what was a very hot day”.
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Left, Bullman on a 1907 Dursley Pederson and Right, Club Secretary
Sergeant Buzfuz on an 1870 Bone-shaker. (Photograph: Hackney Citizen)
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Editor’s note:
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The above article is reproduced from the report that appeared in the Hackney Citizen
following the unveiling of the new Club plaque. President Samuel Pickwick gave a short
address to the gathering of Club members, Cllr Sharon Patrick and the current owners of
The Downs, Stephen & Peter Walsh. He also paid to tribute to Past President Jack
Martin for his efforts to source a replacement plaque aided and abetted by the
inimitable Mr Brooks. A small brochure for the day was excellently provided by Peter
Magnus recounting the early history of the Club
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