Hi, Joe, Ted, and everyone---
Great to hear about one of the unsung heroes of the club and touring scene, Ossie Dover. I always scrutinize the old ads from Cycling and run across his ads all the time. Wish he was still around....Here's a typical ad-------
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/
Don't know if Hebden's has gone out of business, as Sasha reports, but here's the address & phone. You could ring them up and see if anyone answers---
Hebden Cord Co Ltd 17-23 Old Gate Hebden Bridge HX7 6EW (Road Map) West Yorkshire Tel: 01422 843152 Fax: 01422 846354
Cheers,
Peter Jourdain
Whitewater, Wisconsin USA
>
> Ted,
> Ossie Dover was the tailor to the cyclists he was a
> Jewish tailor from
> Liverpool. Now sadly sitting at his cutting table up
> in heaven with his
> beloved Higgins Trike beside him I'll bet. He had a
> sister Hilda who
> never learnt to ride a
> bike but tricycled everywhere also on a Higgins.
> Both wonderful
> characters and greatly missed.
> Hebden Cord Company will make you your whipcords and
> any other
> traditional cycling attire. Won't be as good as
> Ossie's! Try an internet
> search.
> Croeso Cymru Joe King Nr. Maenaddwyn Ynys Mon Wales
>
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