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your father has a soul of a true HHSB-er!
What's a HHSBer? And it's my father in law not my father ;-)
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When my father in law bought the frame in 1983 for £20 it was already 30 years old, being a 1953 A.J.Holland,
It was a frame which could be used for either fixed wheel or gears as it had a rear gear mech hanger attached to the right hand rear track end which my father in law sawed off as he was using it to race on the local velodrome track and didn't want to look silly, it also had eyelets along the top tube that he also removed ( if you look closely you will see where they have been removed as there are some dents across the top tube) that's why the rear bridge is drilled for a brake. The frame is made from Reynolds 531 tubing not virus as the sticker indicates,
Also there is extensive corrosion on the right hand chain stay where it meets the bottom bracket. My father in law says the burn marks on the frame must be where the person who bought it from him tried to remove the seat pillar and headset bearings. My father in law sold it to presumably the person who sold it to you about 6 months ago as a complete bike for £50, my father in law says he hopes this information helps and is of interest to you. -
That frame and forks was my father in laws he raced track on it then it just became his work bike to commute to and from his job at Rolls Royce until he retired in march this year funny to see that it's travelled all the way to Finland, when he sold it as a complete bike it didn't have that damage to the paint around the seat tube, and as I remember he didn't get a lot of money for it
Looks like he swindled you a little bit, but the guy that bought it off my father-in-law was a bit of a dealer apparently he puts wanted ads in the local press all over the uk and then waits for replies and drives around picking up all the bikes, it might have cost him £200 factoring in fuel for his trip to Nottingham to collect it.
My father-in-law only stumbled upon his old frame for sale on this very forum while looking online at fixed wheel frames for sale(he's retired has lots of time on his hands I'm not sure he wants another frame I think it was just for fun) I came on just to give a bit of background info on the history of the bike my father in law isn't really one for going on forums(he's not too keen on typing) its nice to see the old frame (of the work bike)that was always leaning on the wall of the kitchen of my wife's mum and dads house all those years (while I was courting her) still being used