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)
James Jackson outside his home in Peterborough Road
James Jackson