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Great photos, great story!
Looking at the two pictures, I notice more differences than the position of the bell.
In the side view the brake cables are light in colour and go over and behind the bars, in the front on pic they are dark and go under the bars. Also in the side view the chainset is clearly a Williams C34, but in the other pic, although only part of the inside is visible, it does not look C34ish - could be BSA perhaps.
Removing the cyclometer to race would be a natural thing to do -quick and easy, and the race organiser won't be accepting your opinion that the course was long according to your cyclometer! It would also save that irritating clicking.
So I'm inclined to think these are two different bikes.
Good to hear your mum's still with us. It's always cheering to hear that ancient bike riders are still going - and it does seem to be reassuringly normal.
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Thanks to everyone for positive comments, shame I'm not cool like my mum!
@HarmanMogul the veiw from the side is definitely the Claud, it was yellow with red box lining and chrome ends and I also wore her leather cycling shoes with slippery leather soles.
@Hefty I'd always thought both these pics were of the Claud, but I also noticed that bell changing sides and now I'm not sure they're the same bike. Look at the side view and notice the interesting rear drop outs with the down turn, now zoom in on the front view and hmm I don't know. It had the cyclometer on the front fork when I used it though!
I'll have to dig out the original photos and ask my mum if she remembers (she's 95 now and a bit forgetfull).