Dale wrote ;
> CB, like Harry Hetchins, wasn't a builder but a promoter & businessman.
> By the 1960s, Claud had sold off his name to Holdsworth. CBs as well as
> Freddie Grubb and Roy Thame frames all came from the Holdsworth frame shop.
> Note the "Worthy" tires and Allez saddles, both brands being Holdsworth
> "house" labels...
Is this not one of those "popular misconceptions of our time" ?
W.F.Holdsworth Ltd. was a retail outlet whose house brand was "Roy Thame" and who sold Holdsworth, as opposed to The Holdsworthy Co. Ltd, who produced frames under the 'Holdsworth', 'Grubb', 'Claud Butler' and 'Maclean' names. and componentry under the "Worthy etc. house labels. The question is, did Holdsworthy produce the "Roy Thame" frames (Hilary ?)
Bob Reid
Stonehaven
Scotland.