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Ecobeard
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Really pleased to have come across the posts on here. I got my first 'racing bike' (sadly not a Minster - not even from Elsegoods) from my parents Christmas 1963 and after several hundred miles on my own that winter, by February wanted to join a cycling club. As my Gran lived off Lord Mayor's Walk I knew of Elsegood's shop and went in to ask how to join a club. Arnold took me under his wing and for a few months I went out with the Ebor CC. Then one day Arnold said the Ebor was an old man's club now and on it's way out and that I'd be better with the more lively Clifton Cc (where another great old York clubman Bernard Wood took me under his wing). They were fine days. I'm still riding, still keen.
Great to see there are still some of Arnold's frames about. He was a really kind friendly man fondly remembered.