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A taper tube would be the one!
I'd love one, or a taper tube Gillott.This is a bit Robert Elmsey, but I guess Middle aged Londoners all drift towards that end;
http://carolineld.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/pub-names-and-marquis-of-granby.html?m=1
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The pub is apparently where the name comes from.
They used “Granby” as their font for advertising also.
They patented a taper tube design (1925) and then sold their tubing on to other frame builders, before working with Reynolds, and being one of the first builders in 1935 to use 531