CTC Gazette, Vol 1919, No 7
Articles in this issue
- The Manchester DA editor reiterates the supplement's submission guidelines, addressed to the Honorary Editor at 45 Birchfields Road.
- Updated list of members contributing to the Manchester Supplement's 1919 printing deficit, from John Benson's £1 1s. down to quarterly four-pence subscriptions.
- Reminder of the Manchester DA lending library at the Wheelers' Clubhouse, followed by a suggested Wye Valley touring itinerary for lady members averaging 50 miles a day, from Manchester through Whitchurch, Hereford, Ross and Monmouth to Tintern Abbey.
- Reports on the Overton run (3 May), where a wrong turning led the party on an impromptu cross-country detour via a farmyard to the River Weaver, and the Somerford run (17 May) to Mrs Cliff's, where two ladies wore the new rational touring dress.
- Two Manchester tandem couples describe an Easter run via Warrington, Frodsham and Tarvin to Llangollen, climbing to Castell Dinas Bran, and returning via Malpas and Nantwich.
- Minutes of the 4 June Manchester DA committee meeting record settlement of a member's motor-accident claim, May runs attendances, a proposal to devolve the Club into smaller District Associations with a reduced Council, and thanks to J. T. Lightwood for library donations, followed by the July-August runs programme.
- Notes promote the 5 July "C.T.C. Day" membership drive, announce the new International Touring Alliance formed with the Touring Club de France and other allied clubs, report the 42,000-signature rear-light petition delivered to the Home Secretary, promote the Metropolitan D.A.'s 216-mile Bath-and-back 24-hour ride, and note the British Handbook is sold out and a proposed factory near Stratford-on-Avon.
- Notes on lighting-up times, suggested Leicestershire byways, Dick Turpin's Essex birthplace and Rossetti's grave at Birchington are followed by readers' queries and recommendations for touring the Lake District, Guernsey, Scotland, the Wye Valley, North Cornwall, the Isle of Wight and Dartmoor.
- A short poem contrasts the noisy motor-car and motor-bike with the old-time cyclist's quieter pleasure in pedalling at leisure.
- "D.R.M." describes a wind- and hail-battered tour from Kingussie via Loch Laggan, Spean Bridge and Fort Augustus to Inverness, taking in views of Ben Nevis and the Caledonian Canal.
- A route description from Westminster Bridge through Purley, Godstone, East Grinstead and Ashdown Forest to Eastbourne, noting the Clayton Arms coaching inn and the Sackville almshouses at East Grinstead.
- Lawrence H. A. Harbourn describes a winter run through snow-bound Pembrokeshire from Clarebeston Road via Tufton and Maenclochog towards Fishguard, passing a stranded motor-cycle and sidecar stuck on an icy hill (concluded in a later issue).
- The fourth Lady Cyclists' Rally drew around 1,000 riders including 52 tandems from Ditton through Esher and Ockham to Wisley and Hampton Court, raising £6 for St Dunstan's Hostel.
- Correspondents seek advice on tricycles and the Eadie two-speed coaster hub, a Leicester and Rutland D.A. member proposes a presentation for retiring Chief Consul T. J. Webb, and Cecil W. Cooke sets out a two-tier full/associate membership subscription scheme.
- Minutes of the June Council meeting at Edinburgh record T. J. Webb's resignation as Chief Consul for Leicestershire, new Chief Consul appointments, a deputation to Parliamentary party leaders on the lighting regulations, and approval of a four-page enlargement of the Gazette for June-August.
- Members seek touring companions for Scotland, a Birmingham-or-Bristol tour, an auto-wheel tour along the South Coast and through Wales, and tours in England or France in September.
- A chronicle of District Association news for June 1919, covering the Inter-D.A. Meet at Oxford, the Bath-and-back 24-hour ride, and committee and runs reports from Birmingham and Midland, Bristol and Gloucestershire, Leicester, Liverpool, Lothians and Peebles, Manchester, the Metropolitan Association, Nottingham and Derby, Sheffield and South Hants.
- Roll of new full and family-membership candidates proposed for July 1919, listed by county from Bedfordshire to Middlesex.