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Country diary 1948: role of the bike in rural life (Grauniad)

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The work of the farm labourer, ditcher, hedger, market gardener or teacher could not go on if it were not for the ordinary safety bicycle

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/13/country-diary-1948-role-...

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chrisonabike | 1 year ago
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Ah, the Granuida - printing rubbish even then. Everyone knows that without motor vehicles you can't work or even get food in the country!

https://tradesmansbike.wordpress.com/

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Creakingcrank replied to chrisonabike | 1 year ago
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A guy with one of those knife grinding bicycles turned up in our village just a few years ago. I was thrilled to see it and asked if he could sharpen a few of our kitchen knives. He confirmed my address and said he would be round in due course. Later that day, he arrived in a car with a battery powered angle grinder and did a bad job on all the knives. Ho hum.

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chrisonabike replied to Creakingcrank | 1 year ago
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Did you check afterwards that all your locked bikes were still there?

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Creakingcrank replied to chrisonabike | 1 year ago
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Ha! Yes all good. All I lost that day were some naive ideas about life in the country.

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