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Harry & Edna enjoy portraying a vintage family cycling at events. A period when mass production & improved wages made cycles available to working class families.
They have found it to be an interesting attraction for visitors, especially when they combine it with a period picnic.
The bicycles Harry & Edna use are a gentleman's Raleigh bicycle, a ladies 'bits a' bicycle which means it is made from a mixture of Hercules and Raleigh bicycle 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.
Harry & Edna's 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.
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