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Cycling family became a popular form of transportation from the early 1930's when a combination of rising wages & falling production costs finally made bicycles affordable for working people.

Cycling through time


W.W.2 Impression

A Case for Evacuation

The Children's War

Wartime Kitchen

Victory in the Garden

Guarding the Home Guard

ABC of ARP

Cycle through time

Wartime Christmas

Harry & Edna's
W.W.2  impression

W.W.1 / Edwardian
Impression

Edna's Educational Workshops

Harry & Edna's
Past Events

Harry & Edna enjoy portraying a cycling family at events. They have found it to be an interesting attraction for visitors, especially when they combine it with a period picnic.

The bicycles they use are a gentleman's Raleigh bicycle, a ladies 'bits a' bicycle which means it is made from a mixture of Hercules and Raleigh bicycles parts.

Bicycles made out of whatever parts were available became a common sight during the war years as the ethics of 'make do and mend' even included bicycles. Their children ride a Raleigh Winkie tricycle which was designed in the late 1940s when bicycle production moved away from war to civilian work.

Plus a Pickle tricycle, which is the modern version of the Raleigh Winkie, but incorporates modern safety features such as cable brakes.

What's
New 

Harry & Edna's
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