Thornaby Harewood Cycling club. Does anyone recognise anybody?
Photograph and details courtesy of Mr Robert Dicken (Club Captain in 1948)
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Thornaby Harewood Cycling club. Does anyone recognise anybody?
Photograph and details courtesy of Mr Robert Dicken (Club Captain in 1948)
I was a member of the Thornaby Wheelers in 1960’s and it was great. Mike W.
Thanks have you any pictures at all ?
Hello – my name is Juliet Thompson and I have just come across this wonderful photograph, which includes my dear late Father, Norman Thompson, several of his cousins (Austin Jackson) and his Sister in Law Audrey Thompson (nee Bell) on the front row in the middle. This was a very special club to a lot of people and unbelievable that I can see my relatives as “youngsters” enjoying life to the full. It is many years since I have lived in the north east but also have fond memories growing up there.
Would anyone have knowledge of Stanley Jones, who lived in Cedar Grove, Thornaby, born 1914, and an officer in the 9th NR Home Guard – married to either Mary Smitheringale or Marjorie Glanville, he was a reporter on the Daily Gazette. He was an avid cyclist in the Wheelers in the 1930’s up to the mid 1950’s.
I am Paul Buxton born Thornaby 1952
September 2021 with my My uncle John for his 90th
‘John Jackson’ is the youngster 2nd from the right next to the wall. He identifies the following
Bottom right Don Furness from Norton
Back row from left
1st Jimmy? who married Alma Hobbs
2nd Bob Dickens
Centre back with glasses Leo Snowden
Just in front of him to his left is Stan Armitage
Next but one his cousin Norman Thompson
Next but one again on back row tall guy Keith Thompson
To his left Austin Jackson his cousin
He tells the tale Bob Dickens was Secretary and would make the bookings for YHA trips. His costs would be a penny for the stamp and envelope. Everyone was charged the penny for the stamp. A 16 year old entrepreneur 😁
Hi, I’ve set a cycling group up here in Thornaby and was looking at Thornaby history about cycling, the pic was in 1948 , I want to know, when it collapsed and was there anymore Thornaby cycling groups set up.
I was Secretary and later Chairman of Thornaby Wheelers Cycling Club in the late 60’s which evolved into Thornaby Cycle Racing Team. sponsored by Bean Bag.
2 ladies on the front row are Audrey Bell (left) & Eileen Bell. Audrey is my mother, now Thompson. Eileen married Les Hutchinson 3rd row RH end dark shirt with white collar. In the middle 3rd row behind the 2 girls is my uncle Norman Thompson (polo neck jumper).
I recognise the girl next to the blonde girl on the second row as Joan Dennison who used to live in Routledge St Tilery.
Gentleman on front row 2nd from right is my husbands grandfather jim mcquillen
My Father William Henry McQuillen is on the front row far left, his brother James (Jim) is on the other end of the front row second from the right, I have this photo in one of his albums along with numerous cycling photos taken at the time, I may be able to add more names as he has written names and places in the albums along with the other photographs.
Holidays and Hospitals Going camping every weekend and holiday we got in the 60’s. Cycling around was supposed to make you fit and healthy. Well two years on the trot I ended up in hospital, the first being just north of Hart Village, Hartlepool, when I ended up in Hartlepool General with appendicitis then transferred to Stockton and Thornaby Hospital, Bowesfield Lane. The second time we were camping at Whitby and I had some sort of a fit in a pub car park at the bottom of Boulby Bank and ended up in Whitby Hospital with sun stroke. My mam still has the Evening Gazette cutting, first case of Sun Stroke in the UK for thirty years. Oh by the way I still have my appendix. Roy.
Some of the faces look familiar, so many years ago. Teesside had a very large cycling fraternity. I remember most clubs would start the spring with a 50 in 4 or 100 in 8, (that is 50 miles in 4 hours) for a small entry fee, Riders from other clubs would join in. The 50 in 4 would start at a convenient place near the club, out through Stokesley to Helmsley. Then back over the hills through sheepwash to finish at Swainby. A completion certificate was awarded for finishing the course on time. Most clubs would also run a time trial during the year, most popular was the 25 mile race, from Stokesley, out towards Thirsk turn & return to Stokesley. If you were good like Reg Merritt, He regularly broke the hour. 120 riders at 1 min intervals. First man off 7am. It was often described as violent exercise in the middle of the night.
My father (George Chisholm) was a member of this cycling club in his youth and was a member at the time this photograph was taken. He is missing from the photo because he was doing national service at the time. He tells me that the gentleman in the front row on the left is Bill McQuillan. He also recognised some other faces but not their names. He thinks that the lady in the second row, second from the left, leaning on her bike is called Betty.