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This large blue Gillott (above) isn't mine, but it's my younger son's hack bike - naturally I found it for him and I'm responsible for maintenance.
It's a fairly standard road frame dating from about 1960, but the previous ownership does have some interest.
It was built for Dave Stalker (Chequers RC, Feltham RC and Pedal Club) Dave is by far the classiest thing that has ever been connected with Feltham in any way. In his day he was a top class competitor with many road race and tt victories to his credit, but he was also a highly efficient adminstrator for the sport. He is still around, but now lives in Majorca.
I don't know how long this frame served as his main road bike, but it ended up as his ride to work hack, which involved about two hundred miles most weeks, so this must be a very high mileage frame . I've run out of time tonight, but there is an interesting connection between this frame and Ron Brown,the legendary one armed hard man, so I will continue this story tomorrow.