Mark, what I need is the letter, not the number. If you look carefully there will be a letter either underneath or above the number. With that info I can give you a date and probably a scan of the original catalogue. The Popular goes way back to pre war days. That's WWI not II. There was no amalgamation involved. Elswick went bust in 1910 and Fred Hopper, Barton born, bought the assets to add an upmarket name to his stable. Previous Hopper offerings had been sodl strictly to the trade, so the idea was to acquire a retail marque. Nigel Land Barton on Humber Home of the Hopper
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:54:40 -0000 From: "Mark Stevens" <mountgerald@btopenworld.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: [CR]Re: The Hopper Message-ID: <003b01c61c47$7ed56d90$4ecf6f58@DJN4ZQ0J> References: <MONKEYFOODseVwrblZz00005207@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org> Content-Type: text/plain;format=flowed;charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 6
A message for Nigel Land. Hi, I just acquired an old loop frame ladies rod brake roadster with a lovely transfer on the front, 'The Hopper''. Serial number on the seat tube top 50121. 28'' tyres, Single speed. Hubs marked
''Made in Hopper England'' with flip top oilers. A little transfer just
behind the head says 'Popular model' Saddle is a Lycett Imperial with
fancy tooling of flowers etc in the leather. Fully sprung it sits on one
of
those posts with a forward extension. The rear mudguard has the holes in
the
edge for a skirt guard. The back 6'' has been painted white so I guess
the
bike is from the 1930's?
Do you know when Hopper and Elswick amalgamated to become Elswick
Hopper?
Mark Stevens Evanton Scotland
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