Photographs from the Stockton Cycling Club c1895, or rather photographs copied from original glass slides from a magic lantern? that I inherited.
Photographs and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
Stockton Cycling Club
Picture Stockton Archive
A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
Photo #2 is taken at the Croft Spa Hotel, Croft near Darlington. (https://goo.gl/maps/kfyVXwiBR5kpVSvFA)
The portico entrance has changed over the years, the inner columns having being removed a long time ago, but the rounded doorway and window layout is much the same.
See this article for a history and some more images, with one also featuring cyclists, showing the doorway when it matched this photo.
https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/19365801.looking-back-changing-face-croft-spa-hotel/
From previous posts we know…
Photo #1 is Kirby Lane, Kirby near Stokesley.
https://goo.gl/maps/4Fdb4Y9VwaFMoxaJA
Photo #4 is Londonderry Arms in Long Newton.
https://goo.gl/maps/5sWsUJxJ6m2s4dVs6
A popular spot: https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2003/09/11/local-cycling-club/
Are they still in existence?
Is it known where any of the photos were taken? It would be particularly interesting to know what the buildings were. Those stone cottages weren’t in Stockton High Street!
Brilliant photographs. Love the penny-farthings. Pity all of the cyclists appear to be men, when women would have been dying to get in on the act! Wonder if they had their own club.