February 1922

Articles in this issue

• Notes of the Month (opens in a new tab)

  Editorial notes on a cyclist killed by a motor lorry at night whose rear-light-less death was wrongly blamed on him, and a Kesteven Petty Sessions case where a motorist dazzled by another car's headlights knocked down a labourer; also covers a Ministry of Transport inquiry into closing narrow Lake District roads to charabancs, the case for alloy steels in cycle frames, the new Council's first meeting (P. Brazendale, C. F. House and J. A. H. Radcliffe elected), and the retirement of Councillor Captain N. Blakeley after 25 years' service for Yorkshire.
• Touring Notes and Queries (opens in a new tab)

  Lighting-up times and moon phases for February, notes on Lincoln's Roman 'Newport Arch', Dorset's Lulworth Cove and neighbouring Durdle Door and Man-of-War Cove, Anstey's Cove near Torquay, Birling Gap and Cuckmere Haven near Eastbourne, and Powis Castle at Welshpool. Queries seek route advice on the South Downs from Birmingham (C. Watt, Handsworth) and a three-week tour of Switzerland and the Italian Lakes.
• Current News of the Wheel (opens in a new tab)

  News items include many clubs passing resolutions against compulsory rear lights, the launch of the new Oxford and Reading D.A. under hon. secretary J. Gilbert Wiblin, the Century Road Club's 'Centurions' Wonderful Year' annual dinner attended by secretary G. Herbert Stancer, R. D. Maddock and F. T. Bidlake, an Ashby-de-la-Zouch County Court running-down case awarding a cyclist £32 damages, and the cycling wedding of Harry Parkes and Miss A. E. Smith at All Saints Church, Erdington.
• Notes of a Nomad (opens in a new tab)

  John Urry describes a New Year pedalling pilgrimage to Meriden, visiting the Cyclists' Memorial unveiled by the Lord Chancellor and the Forest of Arden Archery Club, then a stop at the historic Stonebridge hostelry on the Chester-Holyhead crossroads; he rebukes coroners for ageist remarks after a 57-year-old cyclist's death, and urges readers to plan a spring and summer touring itinerary.
• Roads in Westmorland (opens in a new tab)

  Report of a Ministry of Transport inquiry at Kendal Town Hall into Westmorland County Council's application to close about twenty narrow roads to heavy charabanc traffic, with evidence from the county surveyor, a Windermere motorist who met 44 charabancs on one road, the A.A.'s F. C. Schofield, charabanc-owner Mr. Siddle, and Dr. Eastham for the County Council.
• Cyclists and Third-party Risks (opens in a new tab)

  Croydon County Court case Isaac Davis v. E. C. Hand: a motor-car proprietor recovered £100 after his car collided with the New Inn, Croydon, avoiding a cyclist; the judge held the cyclist solely to blame despite the motorist admitting 15-20 m.p.h. in a 10 m.p.h. control. The article promotes the Club's 'Pastime Cycle Policy' public liability insurance, covering up to £500 for five shillings.
• The Staines Road (opens in a new tab)

  A discursive ride along the old Roman road from London through Hounslow, Staines, Egham, Bagshot, Camberley and Sandhurst to Basingstoke and on toward Exeter, noting how its better-known offshoots, the Bath, Portsmouth and Southampton Roads, have eclipsed the parent road's own name, and praising Hartford Bridge Flats as 'the fastest five miles in England'.
• Brought to Book (opens in a new tab)

  A motorist near Great Saughall, between Birkenhead and Chester, forced three Anfield Bicycle Club riders (two of them C.T.C. members) off the road onto the grass; the leading motorist's testimony helped secure a £10 fine plus £2 costs against the offending driver.
• Annual Dinner of the Metropolitan D.A. (opens in a new tab)

  Held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street, with F. T. Bidlake chairing in the absence of W. G. Howard Gritten, M.P.; speeches came from Professor J. E. A. Steggall, J. T. Masser, P. Brazendale, C. S. Giddins (toasting Cycling editor F. W. Evans), J. T. Lightwood, Percy J. Randall, C. A. Hopkinson and A. W. Trevarthen, with music from the 'Six 'Erbs'.
• Doings of the District Associations (opens in a new tab)

  Round-up of D.A. news: Yorkshire (West Riding) appoints F. Burton as a new-member canvasser; Cardiff and South Wales rides in the New Year to Llanfrechfan; the Lothians and Peebles D.A. reaches 164 members; Birmingham and Midland gains 163 new members with four active sections; and the Metropolitan D.A.'s fancy-dress dance is judged by Mrs. G. H. Stancer.
• Correspondence (opens in a new tab)

  Letters cover the derivation of the place-name Bettws-y-Coed, locked village churches (Rev. J. S. Fowle), sketches of Nether Hall and thatched lych-gates in the Gazette, 'the motor menace' (Rev. R. G. Fairhurst), doubling Club membership, tribute to 'the Cyclists' Member' W. G. Howard Gritten M.P., cycling on French pavé near Wimereux, and a running debate over the Metropolitan D.A.'s Hardriders' Section tests and Summer Time.
• Annual Meetings of District Associations (opens in a new tab)

  Reports of D.A. annual general meetings: Yorkshire (West Riding) under chairman R. T. Martin, Leicestershire and Rutland, Cardiff and South Wales with Councillor F. W. Ogg in the chair, Northumberland and Durham (members rode 3,009 miles on club runs), Sheffield electing Lord Stuart of Wortley president, Manchester with 741 members, Liverpool electing W. M. Robinson president, and South Hants electing A. F. Angell.
• Official Notices (opens in a new tab)

  Minutes of the Council's quarterly meeting in London, chaired by W. Haigh, welcoming new councillors P. Brazendale, C. S. Giddins, C. F. House and J. A. H. Radcliffe, re-electing the Duke of Portland as President, and adopting resolutions on the rear-lights campaign and a Club pass-word ('Wheels'/'Wings'); also subscription and club-affiliation notices and a list of vacant Chief Consulates in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
• District Association Runs (opens in a new tab)

  February and March 1922 club-run timetables for District Association sections nationwide, from Birmingham and Midland's four sections and Bristol and Gloucestershire to the eight Metropolitan sections (including the Hardriders'), Northamptonshire, North Lancashire, Northumberland and Durham, Nottingham and Derby, Oxford and Reading, Sheffield, South Hants and Yorkshire (West Riding).
• List of Candidates, February, 1922 (opens in a new tab)

  New membership candidates listed by county from Cheshire to Yorkshire (West Riding), a Foreign General candidate at the Bank of British West Africa, Tangier, one candidate for Life Membership (C. H. Heath of Edgbaston, Birmingham), and candidates for Affiliated Membership from clubs including the Polytechnic C.C. and Streatham C.C.