Traffic lights are more of a hazard than a help for riders of penny farthing bicycles, as George Murray found out yesterday when he took this antique machine for a spin in the sunshine. He is shown making use of a traffic light control
box to remount the machine after a stop. Holding the cycle steady are his wife, Barbara, and Mr lan Joyce. All three are members of the Canterbury Recreational Cycling Club. The Murrays had earlier used the penny farthing
and another ancient but much smaller machine to entertain children at Templeton Hospital. Both machines are of 1880 s vintage, and belong to a collection owned by the Cycle Trading Company, Ltd, in Manchester Street.
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