Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> We tend to think of a major war as an
> event that totally suspends normal life, but in fact life did go on
> in France, including a lot of activity building and riding fine
> bicycles.
The Dutch economy grew in the first years of the war. In the end of course it all went pearshaped, and the requisition of metals and most vehicles means that pre war cycles are now rare.
-- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands