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The frame sticker seems to indicate that its DB 531--- slanted numbers. I think its a 1950s road model. Nothing about it says really track to me. Back then many British frames were often made to be for both fixed gear/single speed and multigear. The stem, bars and Campa Velox is from the early to mid 1970s. Change of owner or "upgrade" or ...
Doing a quick search...
Seems a lot of British maker did this.. Here is something on Bates
*At first glance, it appeared to be a track frame: The rear fork ends opened to the rear, as with a track bike, and the front fork had round, not oval blades, which is also characteristic of track bikes...but it also had eyelets for fenders (excuse me, "mudguards") and was drilled for brakes.
On closer examination, the tire clearances were much more generous than they would be on a track bike. I concluded that it was a fixed-gear road frame. It was close to my size, so I snapped it up.
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As as often been repeated there is ABSOLUTELY nothing new about fixed gear or single speed road bicycles.