The framebuilder for F.W. Evans was more than likely Harry Healey. There is
a scan from the 30.2.74 edition of 'Cycling' on the Evans page on my website
about Harry called 'built to last the Evans way'. (
http://www.bikebrothers.co.uk/
Nic Henderson
South Wales
U.K.
> I'm organizing some of the photo's I took when I visited different
> framebuilders while I was learning to build bikes in England in 1975. I
> want to send them to Dale so he can scan them for the CR site. One that
> was
> most helpful with tips was the framebuilder for F.W. Evans. He built them
> in the basement below the retail shop. This store probably got more than
> it's share of foreign visitors because it was in central London just
> around
> the corner from the a major train station and tube (subway) stop
> (Waterloo,
> I think, or was it Victoria?).
>
> Does anyone know his name?
>
> Another question is about the names of Harry Quinn's brothers that also
> ran
> a retail and framebuilding shop in Liverpool separate from Harry's. I
> think
> their were 2 of them running this store in 1975. These frames were called
> R.J. Quinn. I have a picture of one of them with a young apprentice.
> What
> I vaguely remember from my conversation with him was that their were 5
> brothers at one time and they started learning right after World War I.
> 1917 sticks in my mind but it could have been earlier or later by a couple
> of years. I am not sure which brother he was talking about or if it was
> when he personally started. I remember thinking, whoa, this goes way back
> there.
>
> Doug Fattic
> Niles, Michigan