Municipal Railway Album – trams, light rail & a few buses
My friend Bob Young is an avid collector of postcards. For that reason, he acquired a large lever-arch postcard and photo album entitled “Municipal Railway...
Last Will & Testament of Dame Anastasia Mannock of Windsor
Transcript of Public Record Office ref. PROB11/1556 Dame Anastasia Mannock 99 Transcribed July 1994 by Tony Hadland from photocopies [Transcriber’s notes shown thus] [Page 1...
More about two 17th Century Catholic books
By Nigel H. Sinnott, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia “Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of...
New illustrated talk features heritage railways
By request, Tony has created a new illustrated talk featuring eight heritage railways in five countries – the USA, Ireland, Wales, France and England. The...
Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History – now officially published in the UK and Europe
This post is about the new book that Professor Hans-Erhard Lessing and I have written on the history of bicycle design. The project has taken...
75 years later, Steve takes on Tommy’s challenge
My good pal Dave Minter tells me that Steve Abraham, a friend of his, is going for the Tommy Godwin annual mileage record. What’s that?...
Cycling history interviews
In the late 1990s, Tony Hadland and the late John Pinkerton decided to conduct in-depth oral history interviews with some of the most interesting people...
How to repair old Sturmey-Archer hubs
Instructions for a wide range of Sturmey-Archer hubs from 1902 to 2001. Includes the original 1902 3-speed, the popular K type of the 1920s and...
The Arnfried Schmitz derailleur collection
This collection has now been dispersed but before that happened, Arnfried and I recorded it for posterity. Enjoy the slideshow! This slideshow requires JavaScript.
Captain William Gill – Explorer and Spy
Tony Hadland’s great-great uncle, Captain William Gill, inherited a fortune and spent it on exploration. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society...
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds...
The rarely seen Moulton Stowaway joint that looks like a hinge
Alex Moulton hated the idea that his bicycles would be considered as folding bicycles. He always made the point that his aim was to produce...