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Forgotten? Not Here!
Even though so much of sport is soon forgotten, there are a small band people out there who collect and restore. They work at preserving something to serve has both a record of the past - and a resource for future generations.
In cycle sport there has been a steady growth in interest historic events - and the importance of preserving not just records but also memorabilia while this still possible.
Here I have collected together some links to interesting web sites - and added some original material of my own; especially for aspects of cycle sport that I could not find when searching for myself!
I guess that you all know about Tom Simpson’s memorials, the museum in the home of Fausto Coppi and the Tour of Flanders centre in Belgium [links below]. But I am still surprised when I find major events, and venues, unreported in the websphere. Worse still finding that there are entries but they are simply wrong.
So first up in my gap-filling travels is Camperdown Velodrome in Sydney, Australia with photos from around 1971
And following the theme of former track racing venues - Saffron Lane Leicester venue for the World Championships in 1970 - is now online. And I have found my old negatives of Legrams Lane Stadium, Bradford so I now can prove that it did once exist .... But no one has found a suitable replacement for Essex’s Harlow Velodrome despite 15 years of “effort”!
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