Pre 1950s rides of LFGSS: old bikes, vintage rats, classic lightweights

The 1950's lugless Claud Butler (some way above)

This frame is the same model as the one I was riding on the original Hard Day in January ride in 1959 - mine was a bit smaller, but still too big for me at the time (it still would be).

By chance in the past few days someone mentioned that he had enjoyed reading my article on that original ride (it was in Fellowship News fairly recently) and this caused me to wonder whether it had ever been on this forum. I think the article was originally written for the proposed LFGSS coffee table book which, I believe, never got beyond the discussion stage.

It surprises me that I have never posted it, but I've searched and I can't find it. I don't want to post the same thing twice so I'll leave it a day or so and if no one else finds it I'll post it in the HDiJ thread.