Letter from cycling friends with photocopies of photographs; photocopy of signatures entitled "B. L. R. C. Riders 1943"; 'Cycling Record' newsletter with letter from the editor to Harry Aspden'.
Added to journals/books series elsewhere in the collection:
Copies of 'The Leaguer', February 1954-May 1956 (not complete) and its successor, The Racing Cyclist', June 1956- January 1959 (not complete) have been added to the series of journals held by the National Cycle Archive.Records deposited 10 March 2004 and to be added to the National Cycle Archive library: books and pamphlets, the Bicycle', 23 July 1938-29 June 1940, vols 6-9, incomplete (45 issues); Cyclist Monthly', June 1982-January 1985. Complete until September 1984 (26 issues); Cycling Gazette', August, October and December 1952, vol. 15, nos. 8,10 and 12; Cyclo Sport', 9 and 23 July, 13 August, and October 1948, vol. 1, nos. 1-4; Cycle Sport', 12 February-23 July 1958, vol. 1, nos 1-9, 11-23. (22 issues); ProNews ...', April to October 1977, vol. 1, nos. 2-8.Additions 8 October 2004:Books and journals added to the National Cycle Archive library: The Bicycle', issue numbers 943-945, 948, 965, 969, 973 and 977, for 31 March-14 April, 5 May, 1 September, 29 September, 27 October and 24 November 1954. Cycling', Temple Press Limited: volumes XCIII-XCV, XCVII, issues nos. 2405-2422 for 30 March-30 June 1937, 2423-2447 for 7 July-22 December 1937, 2449-2474 for 5 January- 29 June 1938, and 2501-2525 for 4 January-21 June 1939. Unbound issues: 2284, 2814, 2997 3004 and 3014 for 9 November 1934, 3 January 1945, 21 July , 8 September and 17 November 1948. Unbound issues for 1951: 3123-3130 for 8 February-29 March, 3139-3140, 3142, 3145, 3148, 3150-3151, 3155-3156, 3158-3160, 3164-3169 for 31 May, 7 and 21 June, 12 July, 2, 16, and 23 August, 20 and 27 September, 11-25 October, 22 November- 27 December 1951. Unbound issues for 1952: 3170, 3172-3196, 3198-3200 for 3 January, 17 January-3 July and 17-31 July 1952. Cycling Record', monthly journal of the British League of Racing Cyclists, volume 1, issues nos. 7-14 and volume 2, issues 15 and 16, from Autumn 1947-February 1949. The Cyclist', volume IV, issue numbers 79-104 from 18 August 1937-9 February 1938; unbound issues: numbers 130, 132, 144, 155, 157-159, 161-163, 165, 166, 168, 174, 176-178, 180-184, 186-190, 193, 196-198, from 10 August 1938-29 November 1939 (intermittent). Best Sport', the National Cyclists' Union's annual review of cycle racing, 1956 and 1957.Cycling Record', the organ of the Saddle Club, no. 2, October 1967 and December [?1967]Ride a bicycle and why', by John Urry, back limp cover missing, undated, early 20th century.How to get 100 percent. more out of cycling ...', by Tommy Hall, post 1931.Cycling speed tables', published in association with Cycling', by the Temple Press Limited, [1949], with a further set of printed tables in a wallet. Manufacturers' catalogues of cycles and accessories, 20th century. These have been transferred to MSS.328/N2 and N3.Race programmes, 1945-1997. Race start sheets, 1934-1995 and race result sheets, 1969-1995. Meet programmes, 1937-1997. Dinner menus, etc., 1965-1994. Bidlake Memorial Prize leaflet on its award to Ron Kitching in 1995. These have been transferred to MSS.328/N26.Thirteen histories of cycling clubs and people, c.1940-?1992. These have been transferred to MSS.328/N29.Handbooks and yearbooks,(including 49 handbooks of the Road Time Trials Council, 1938-1995), 1935-1997, and three rule books of the British League of Racing Cyclists, 1953-1955. These have been transferred to MSS.328/N30.