ianr324
	 
	coventry
	 
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	Wed 25th May 2011  8:42pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
I'm looking for some details about an old cycle club from Coventry called The Bantams. Does anyone know of this club or anywhere I can find some information about them? 
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	InnisRoad
	 
	Hessle
	 
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	Thu 26th May 2011  8:13am  
	 
	
	 
	 
I've never heard the name Bantams.  My dad started in the Demon, before the formation of the Three Cs, but the Bantam is not one I can recall ever having heard of. 
		
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	dutchman
	 
	Spon End
	 
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	Thu 26th May 2011  6:27pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
ianr324 said: 
I'm looking for some details about an old cycle club from coventry called The Bantams.... 
Just how far back do you mean?
This is a picture of a ladies cycling club around the turn of the century taken from in front of Ebenezer Terrace in the Holyhead Road. The ornate watchmakers house on the corner of Chester Street is now a doctor's surgery:
   
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	dutchman
	 
	Spon End
	 
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	Thu 26th May 2011  6:31pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
InnisRoad said: 
My dad started in the Demon, before the formation of the Three Cs.... 
The Demon Cycling Club, dressed-up for the 1928 Carnival:
   
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	InnisRoad
	 
	Hessle
	 
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	Mon 30th May 2011  8:30am  
	 
	
	 
	 
My dad was 15 at the time of the photo, so he may be in the picture.  However, I don't think it would be possible to recognise him! 
		
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	NeilsYard
	 
	Coventry
	 
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	Mon 22nd Jul 2024  12:11pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
Does anyone have any info regarding where the 1983 Milk Race ended. The stage from from Bristol Coventry on May the 24th. 
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	Annewiggy
	 
	Tamworth
	 
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	Mon 22nd Jul 2024  12:28pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
All I can find Neil, is "In the shadow of the police headquarters " 
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	NeilsYard
	 
	Coventry
	 
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	Mon 22nd Jul 2024  12:39pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
Thanks Anne - sounds like a Little Park Street finish then. 
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	Annewiggy
	 
	Tamworth
	 
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	Mon 22nd Jul 2024  1:01pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
Just found and advert with the route and it does say Little Park Street. 
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	NeilsYard
	 
	Coventry
	 
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	Mon 22nd Jul 2024  2:22pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
Any chance you could post that route Anne? That's what I'm interested in to answer a picture question of the race on FB. 
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	Annewiggy
	 
	Tamworth
	 
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	Mon 22nd Jul 2024  4:04pm  
	 
	
	 
	 
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