Pedal Power

We did get about a bit in those days

Walking everywhere was the norm, but some used bicycles to get to work and for those that could afford one, a bike widened horizons.

Cycling in Bodmin Grove in 1949. Douglas Millington with Clive Orton.

Photo from Clive Orton

We all had cycles.  Everybody had bikes here. (Ivy Leigh née Knowles)

I cycled to work all the time because my first job was in Lines toy factory at Morden.  I was there about three years before I moved onto Pascalls sweet factory which was in Mitcham, and I used to cycle every day to work and back. We used to cycle down to Hampton Court and we used to cycle to the zoo - Chessington Zoo.  So we did get about a bit in those days.  (Doreen Porter née Wilkes)