I've just received this from Mike Mullett to be forwarded to the Classic Rendezvous discussion group regarding Gerald O'Donavan
Subject: Obituary, Gerald O'Donovan It is with regret that I join this site with news of the death of Gerald O'Donovan, the sage of Ilkeston. I was Gerald's Workshop Manager at Ilkeston for some three years during the halcyon years of the Peter Post's Team Raleigh. Gerald died on Friday 5 Jan 2000 at Worksop, the original home of Carlton Cycles. It is the end of an era. Gerald was the innovative thinker and creator of many of today's technical innovations, not the least was the introduction or 753 tubing. He will be sadly missed. Mike Mullett