[CR]Cycling Clubs & Affilations

Dave, In the early days a lot of British cycling clubs were linked to other associations, Religion, Politics, Factories and shops etc. Clarion Labour Party, Spartacus Communist Party, Primrose Tory Party, St. Christopher's Catholic Church the list is endless and shows just how divided British society once was. The Primrose came from these beginnings: small meeting was opened at the Carlton Club in London on the 17th November 1883 and the 'Primrose Tory League' (the Tory part of the title was soon to be dropped) was launched by Lord Randolph Churchill, (father of Sir Winston Churchill), Mr. (later Sir) John Gorst, Sir H. Drummond Wolff, Mr. Percy Mitford, Colonel Fred Burnaby, Sir Alfred Slade and others, who constituted themselves the Grand Council of the Primrose League. The cycling club was an offshoot from this. These are some links to also help you: http://www.wcml.org.uk/group/clarion.htm

http://www.wcml.org.uk/group/scout.htm

http://www.clarioncc.org/clarion%20history.htm

Also try Warwick University they have lots of material on British cycling, clubs, makers etc.

Of course the links and affiliations are all but forgotten nowadays and they are just simply cycling clubs.

Mick Butler late London Typographical Society PS.Posted this to a political student who is doing some research thought it might be of interest to the CR List.

Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.