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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: craizi daizi on Sunday 26 August 07 22:25 BST (UK)
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Hello all
I was wondering if any one knew anything about this plaque .....It belonged to my great great Uncle.. I have contacted the Arial Cycle club, BUT they are a motor cycle club, and my cousin is sure this is for a Bike race ?? (pedal) .......Does any one reconise it .....
The award was won in 1894
Craizi
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Hi Craizi,
Do you know where your gtgt uncle lived when he got the plaque? Perhaps the local history/family history society could help out.
I found a website about an "Ariel Works" in Selly Oak that had a cycling club but gives dates as from 1896!
Nanny Jan
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Hi Nanny Jan
Thanks for your interest
Well he was a Mechanical Engineer and Master cycle maker
Resided at 175 Sandringham Road Dalston Hackney
Had his own shop/business, Not sure if this helps any...
I have googled but found nothing that i can be sure of ????
craizi
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Hi Craizi,
Have you thought of contacting the EoLFHS (East of London Family History Society)? Their area includes Hackney; might just be able to find some info for you.
Good luck,
Nanny Jan
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Hi Craizi
my cousin is sure this is for a Bike race ?? (pedal)
As it has Push bike engraved on it i would say so as well ;D ;D
Celia
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Have a trawl through this website it seems to be all about Cycles
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/328n10.htm
Celia
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Ariel - wow, yes. I remember I once came close to buying a box of bits and a frame that claimed to have been an Ariel Square Four in a past life. Probably a good thing that I let the offer pass.
Anyway, lots of motorcycle companies started off with push bikes. The 1890s was a bit early for motorbikes. Ariel started life as a bicycle maker.
See
http://tinylink.com/?nakWvA6yLh
Les
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Thank you everyone for your advise, and links,
Craizi
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Hi Craizie
I was just Googling "Ariel Cycling Club" when I stumbled across your post. though it looks as though I'm about 3 years late in replying! My great grandfather was a member of the club (which was a bicycling club and not a motorcycling club).
I have in my possession a bound copy of 'The Ariel Gazette' (the club magazine) which covers the period May 1893 to March 1894, and it certainly contains some references to your great great uncle.
Attached are a couple of images which I hope will be of interest. The first is an advertisement:
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/cfv/PrustAdvert.jpg)
it looks as though your great great uncle was the proprietor of a bicycle shop.
The second is a short piece about William E. Prust:
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/cfv/PrustArticle.jpg)
Chris
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WOWOW Chris, this is brilliant..thanks sooooooo much
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Daizi
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Hi again Craizi
I've just spotted that your great great uncle appears on the cover of Vol.1 No.4:
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c76/cfv/PrustCover.jpg)
Do you have any photos of him, I'm wondering if it's a good likeness?
Chris
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Hi Chris,
This is just like i imagined him... There are no photo's that survived of William but it is remembered by his grandaughter that he had a large 'Handlebar Moustache'
He was a Engineer & Cycle maker 1st class. in 1911 and 1912 he was continuing the business Prust Bros., Ltd and the address was at 4, Dalston Lane, Hackney
I have a photo of is son at when he was young and can see the resemblence
Ohh this is all great, i cant thank you enough
Daizi
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Ohh this is all great, i cant thank you enough
No problem, I'm glad I could help.
Most of the other references to William seem to be just snippets like:
"Bill Prust has the biggest calf in the club."
"Once twenty-five of us started for Southend, having been misdirected we were tired and sleepy, forty miles away at night. In vain we sought beds. A face would peep from a door, vanish, and a bolt shot. Our attire and 'welossipedes' were too much for the Essex folk. So we left them, and pulling down a straw from a stack we slept in a field. W. Prust, afraid of thieves. 'twined himself around his ordinary and during the night kicked half the spokes out'."
or race results, etc., but if I should find anything more substantial I'll post an image.
The Gazette mentions that there were Club Photos, but sadly I think our chances of finding a copy are non-existent!
Chris
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Hi Chris,
Welcome to RootsChat :)
The Gazette mentions that there were Club Photos, but sadly I think our chances of finding a copy are non-existent!
Think long term !!
Daizi posted in 2007. 3 Years later I was just Googling "Ariel Cycling Club" when I stumbled across your post.
Who knows what can happen in the next three years; perhaps other descendants of club members will "stumble across" this topic and add to it.
Here's hoping,
Bob
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Who knows what can happen in the next three years; perhaps other descendants of club members will "stumble across" this topic and add to it.
Well it's not impossible I guess. The magazine itself seemed to start out with circulation of 100 copies, but later increased to 200. Googling finds virtually nothing though.
Here's hoping,
Indeed!
Chris
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Hi Guys,
Hi ya Bob, yeah was a long wait, almost forgot about it, and Chris, i am LOVING all you can find, is so awesome to get it,
What ever you find i am most appreciative
;D :D
Daizi
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Hi Daizi -
This is probably too much of a coincidence but I found this picture while trawling for images or large bike chainrings for my club's website. I saw the name on the jersey was the same as one of my member's username on the website which was interesting to start with but then I had a search for "Ariel bikes cycling" and so on and found your thread here.
It may be nothing but here's the image:
(http://www.cityofinvernesscc.co.uk/photo.php?photo_id=408&full) (http://www.cityofinvernesscc.co.uk/photogallery.php?photo_id=408)
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Hi Sneck
Welcome to rootschat, thats a great find, thanks so much, i really appreciate it
Hope to see you around the forum...
Daizi
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I just wanted to update this thread to say that a scanned version of the Ariel Gazette is now available online here:
http://www.veterancycleclublibrary.org.uk/library/dl.php?doc=Ariel%20Gazette%201893-94%20(V-CC%20Library).pdf