The Monthly Gazette Ctc

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đź“– Cyclists' Touring Club (C.T.C.), London, UK
đź“… Monthly
📆 1894-01-01 to 1895-12-01
đź’ł 3s 6d per year annual
📚 24 of 168 issues

The Monthly Gazette CTC is the official organ of the Cyclists’ Touring Club headquartered at 139–140 Fleet Street, London, serving England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and overseas members. It combines club administration (editorial, Council minutes, subscription renewals, candidates’ lists, meeting and uniform orders) and a nationwide consular network with vacancy notices for counties—Hampshire, East Riding of York, Ayr, Cork, Donegal, Kerry, Londonderry, Westmeath, Cambridge, Surrey, Sussex—alongside practical touring material (road‑book entries, Continental reports such as the Moselle), technical and mechanical articles, a Ladies’ page, show and meets coverage, tailors’ and repairers’ lists, correspondence columns, and occasional bilingual notices for German members.


24 Issues

Vol 8
Vol 9
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 1 (1894-01-10)
CTC Gazette: subscription renewal due 31 Jan; election of Chief Consuls 14th; appeals for consular volunteers across counties (Cambridge, Surrey, Sussex, Ireland); British Road Book route amendments; Editor's Album contributions.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 2 (1894-02-01)
February 1894 C.T.C. Gazette criticises Wheeling over customs duties/libel, announces AGM in Leeds (16 Mar 1894), features machine reviews ('In Search of an Ideal Tricycle'), hotel tariffs, and club cloth.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 3 (1894-03-01)
C.T.C. March 1894: AGM 16 Mar at Queen's Hotel, Leeds; Easter touring advice; Sparkbrook Grand roadster ad (dustproof ball hubs, detachable brake, 34 lb); uniform cloth changed to brown West of England.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 4 (1894-04-01)
April 1894 C.T.C. issue: French customs duty exemption extended to Boulogne, Cherbourg, St. Malo; Universal Lights Bill (R.G. Webster) introduced; Road Book/Handbook updates; consular vacancies and club notices.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 5 (1894-05-01)
May 1894 C.T.C. Gazette: AGM at Covent Garden (17 May), George Thompson's motion for reduced-price member bicycles; publishes full text of proposed 1894 Lamps on Vehicles Bill (bicycles in Ireland).
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 6 (1894-06-01)
June 1894 C.T.C. Gazette: C.T.C. meeting June 16 Edinburgh; editorial urging tourists to return route reports; condemnation of road racing; ads for Rudge bicycle and Mulville detachable foot-brake.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 7 (1894-07-01)
Reports of police prosecutions over lack of bells/whistles; Aberdeenshire police allegedly trap riders; Kingston-on-Thames convictions appealed by N.C.U.; C.T.C. and S.C.U. may fund appeals; shouting ruled insufficient.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 8 (1894-08-01)
Aug 1894 CTC Gazette: Dee Bridge toll opposition; praise for Elswick Cycle Co.'s multiple championships and Brussels gold; British Road Book Vol. II progress; Universal lights debate; club notices and solicitations.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 9 (1894-09-01)
September 1894 CTC Gazette: editorial on fatal Aberdeen cycling collision (Robert J. Peat trial), CTC notices, touring and tyre articles, district committees, meets, and HOMOCEA ointment advertisements.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 10 (1894-10-01)
October 1894 CTC Gazette details membership procedures, handbooks (British, Foreign), Part I British Road Book, consular/route guidance, office addresses (139–140 Fleet Street), badges, tickets, and advertising instructions.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 11 (1894-11-01)
November 1894 CTC Gazette: reports on N.C.U. championship results and records, editorial on anti-cyclist bye-laws and lighting, adverts for G. & J. tyres, Elswick cycles, puncture-proof bands.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 8, No 12 (1894-12-01)
CTC Gazette (Dec 1894) urges subscription renewal, recruiting, new hotel-contract system; reports Chief Consuls' handbook duties; ads tout puncture‑proof bands linked to Crawford, Willadsen, Brennan's records.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 1 (1895-01-01)
January 1895 C.T.C. Gazette reports subscription renewal deadline, election of Chief Consuls (12th), Northumberland & Durham District Committee formation, Newcastle dinner (22nd), Elswick Cycle Co. adverts and testimonials.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 2 (1895-02-01)
February 1895 C.T.C. Gazette: Universal Lights Bill reintroduction; critique of Sporting League and NCU claims; Elswick and Palmer adverts; Mentone robbery of lady cyclist; Riviera tour to St. Dalmas/Tenda.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 3 (1895-03-01)
March 1895 C.T.C. Gazette: AGM on 15 March; major revision of hotel handbook replacing fixed tariffs with negotiated discounts; Palmer Tyre and Homocea adverts; Bedfordshire hotel and repairer listings.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 4 (1895-04-01)
April 1895 C.T.C. Gazette: Palmer Tyre advertisement; Road Book Vols II/III call for route reports; new Handbook due for Easter; Hyde Park access confusion; Universal Lights Bill fails in Parliament.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 5 (1895-05-01)
CTC Gazette reports French customs free entry at major ports for members, North Eastern Railway reduced cycle tour fares (Newcastle/York routes), and warns of fatal accidents from brakeless machines.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 6 (1895-06-01)
June 1895 C.T.C. Gazette: adverts for Woods’ wire saddle (testimonials for Bordeaux–Paris), Moonlight lamp, cyclometer, mudguards, knitted cycling garments; editorial on C.T.C. membership 'renaissance'.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 7 (1895-07-01)
July 1895 Gazette: C.T.C. membership surge to 892, condemnations of avoidable cycling fatalities, Hyde Park parliamentary debate on timed cycling, touring map offered by G. Philip & Son; consular nominations.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 8 (1895-06-20)
June 1895 C.T.C. Gazette: Universal Lights campaign mobilised during General Election; Perpignan railway liability case (Destaville) upheld cyclist claim; Hyde Park cycling opening delayed; SAML. WARD Ruby Oil advertised; AGM Sept 20.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 9 (1891-09-01)
CTC news: AGM at Colonnade Hotel Friday 20 September; 602-member list; campaign for 'Universal Lights'; French Road Book Part I (550 pages, 38,000 km); Fontainebleau lady's tour; calls for contributors.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 10 (1895-10-01)
October 1895 Gazette: C.T.C. French customs concession tested on Newhaven–Caen tour; duty 200 francs/100kg; non-members delayed, deposits charged; coverage of Half‑Yearly Meeting, Companion Road‑book, Coventry notes.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 11 (1895-11-01)
CTC November 1895: surge of 196 membership applications, Starley’s tenth‑anniversary bicycle celebration at Café Royal, urgent appeals for English/Scottish Road Book contributions, and debate over 'bike' slang.
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The Monthly Gazette Ctc, Vol 9, No 12 (1895-12-01)
December 1895 C.T.C. Gazette: renewal notice, life-membership campaign (five-guinea fee), membership growth to 16,343, subscription due 3s 6d, appeal to recruit candidates, offices at 139–140 Fleet Street.