Front page of the Village Voice, January 4th, 1956: "Taking with them skiis, woolies, and high hopes for snow, a group of bo ys and girls from the Metropolitan New York Council for American Youth H ostels, 14 West 8th Street, board buses on a week-end trip [photo]. Hiki ng, canoeing, and the first favorite, biking, are among other activities of AYH members. Last wednesday, the 21st birthday of the national organ ization was observed at a reunion dinner at One Fifth Avenue with about 200 hostelers from all parts of the country present". Just thought that was neat about "the first favorite". Other front page news in the Village that day: "French Painter Who Shock ed America Becomes U.S. Citizen"--that would be Marcel Duchamp. "Leading Novelist To Write A Column for 'The Voice' " refers to Norman Mailer, a uthor of only three novels at that time.... Any ex-AYH cyclists of the '50s/'60s in the New York City region (or an y region) recollect where the rides went?
Tom Ward, fan of Britains' CTC Gazette of say 45 years ago, writing from
a rainy Greenwich Village / NYC