1882 Speedwell Club Bicycle Exhibition
From Graces Guide
Held at the Bingley Hall, Birmingham on the 22-25th March 1882
Organised by the Speedwell Bicycle Club
1882. An exhibition of bicycles and tricycles . . . opened at Bingley Hall yesterday . . . In the number of visitors it falls little short of the “Stanley” shows in the metropolis . . . There are about sixty exhibitors altogether . . . and the exhibits number close upon 300. In addition there are long and important arrays of ordinary horse carriages of various kinds shown by Messrs Startin and Sons . . . and other well-known coachbuilders . . . the galleries are set apart for practical tests of the special merits claimed for the machines. [1]
Companies Exhibiting:
- Coventry Machinists Co
- Singer and Co
- D. Rudge and Co
- Caroche Tricycle Co
- Maynard, Harris and Co
- J. Harrington
- BSA
- Smith and Sons
- Norman, Oakley and Co
- J. R. Whitehouse
- Royal Machine Manufacturing Co
- National Arms and Ammunition Co
- St. George's Foundry Co
- William Andrews
- W. A. Lloyd and Co
- Palmer and Co
- Adam Burdess
- W. T. Eades
- J. M. Smith
- Edge Brothers
- Gorse and Son
- S. B. Allport
- Starley Brothers
- Bayliss, Thomas and Co
- Howe Machine Co
- Manchester Tricycle Co
- Surrey Machinist Co
- Townend and Co
- George Riley
- Thomas Smith and Sons
- Centaur Cycle Co
- Swallow Bicycle and Tricycle Co
- J. Humpage
- J. Hopwood
- Midland Machinists Co
- Leicester Tricycle Co
- P. Vaughton and Sons
- Joseph Lucas
- J. Harrison
- W. J. Spurrier
- A. Bennett
- Crown Lamp Co
- C. E. Rodway
- William Bown
- Maynard, Harris and Co
- Henry Lees
- Thomas Warwick
- T. Prime and Sons
- T. F. Pett and Co
- H. Haes
- E. Cole and Co
- A. E. Aldridge
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Birmingham Post of 23rd March 1882
- The Cyclist 1882/03/15
- The Cyclist 1882/03/29