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Okay, just to add further confusion to this link. The Atom Corsa pictured in the Cycle Club of London Link here is indeed an Atom produced in the Manchester workshop. However, the original Andy Thompson or the later Andrew Thomson is not responsible for that one. That is a piece of my work and you can see some of that construction in the link. This is a wonderful thread. Chris Riley. https://www.flickr.com/photos/90286293@N06/albums/72157632106261900
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Much appreciated, Chris.
So would you say that Andy Thompson of the 80s fame has never, to your knowledge, built frames under the trading name of Atom, and that all the misinformation arose from the similarity of the two builders' names?
By the way, the photos and especially descriptions of your work shown on the flickr page are tremendously enjoyable.
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Wow, I was under the impression that there's only one Andy Thom(p)son, the framebuilder who at some point had built Atom frames. The info I got from various forums led me to believe that, but that info was probably based on speculation to a certain degree, and I could have misinterpreted some of it. I'm very glad we cleared that up.
Anyway, I was aware of the Andy Thompson that goes by the nickname "Featch", who is, if I understood correctly, our guy from the 80s.
But is it possible that he had also built frames branded "Atom" at some point?
https://www.cicliartigianali.co.uk/manufacturer-1/Atom