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Thank you for that.
It's a bit of a mystery. Firstly I've not been able to identify the head lugs. The head tube seems original, and there's no evidence of an oiler ever been on it. There is absolutely no evidence of the frame ever having braze on's. Advice here, but I'm sure brazings and their removal leaves marks? Then the forks, only one model of that 1938 era had such steep forks. That was the Roi Du Velo, and no one seems to know anything about this model.
So I can see them replacing top and down tubes, which means the head is likely to be original. Surely they wouldn't have fitted new lugs to new top and down tubes and kept the old head tube?
Just posting another pic.
Jiveman
@clubman
1953 Holdsworth price list, as requested.
The two sets of badge drillings - is it possible the job was to replace the top/ down tube and head lugs, but retain the original head tube? Seems unlikely, but it appears to save ten shillings!
Another possibility could be that the frame was refinished a second time after the repair, and by that time they only had the later type head badge.
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