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I wouldn't say I know a great deal about Andy Thompson. I have come across some beautiful work of his that dates to the earlier part of the 1980's, in particular some neat looking time trial bikes. I also remember that he worked with the Orbit company where they produced a line of Thompson bikes alongside of the Orbit name. I'm pretty sure he didn't trade as Atom and I don't know if he did much beyond the 1980's. I've got no idea how old he would be but I'd hazard a guess at mid 60's......maybe he'll come along and put us all right. There would appear to be a lot of misinformation out there about a whole host of frambuilding related stuff both technical and historical. It's great to see these social media threads casting light onto some of these mysteries. I hope you enjoy riding your Atom. Maybe you could book yourself onto a Manchester Velodrome session and ride the bike where it most likely spent a lot of its earlier days. Chris.

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