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1 Mar 2019

A 400 mile cycling journey through Britain at War – by two 12yr olds!

posted in: Cycling History, Personalities |

Acknowledgement of source – Mari Jones, Daily Post A WW2 cycling memory from Easter 1941. Wartime Grimsby evacuee placed in Penmaenmawr feels homesick. Two 12 year old friends with their panniers filled with nothing but sweets, cycle 200 miles during … Read More

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