Thanks Richard, As we get older, our yesterdays seem just that, yesterday. It brings home the fact that every experience should be reveerred in life for we never know if we are the only people left who can recite various histories. It is only in the last few years that I realise that some of the people I took for granted, are, in fact, part of history, whether it be in the bike world or any uther world. I weas pleased to have met Bill and others, but .alas, the young dont want to know. Who will their heros be? Thanks for the acknowledgement, its appreciated, from all of you. A sombre, Barrie Carter. Roundham, Crewkwrne, Somerset UK
________________________________ From: RICHARD HOWARD <rehoward1@verizon.net> To: barriemgracer@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Fri, 5 March, 2010 1:47:52 Subject:
Barrie,
Thanks for your memories about Bill. I have two of his framesets and am looking at one as I type.
A friend once related to me a story about Bill. Another well known builder from the UK was hosting the opening of his expanded bike retail business back in the 70's. Hurlow's name came up in conversation. The other builder's response was. " Ahhhh, Bill Hurlow. He'll never get rich."
Bill spent a couple of months visiting my friend Sam Cotten in southern Califirnia, I think in the late 70's. Sam has a lot of stories about the visit. Apparently Bill was regarded as a god in some of the in the know SoCal shops.
Dick Howard
Salem V.a
USA