Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette No. 8, Vol. XXIV, August 1912.
Includes: Advert for Rover bicycles; Points list; Club runs; Reports; 3 P’s garden party; Third evening meeting; The grand prix; Road notes; Our cyclists in Sweden [Olympic Games]; New members; Poly wins; Advert for B. C. Whur; Advert for insurance
Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette July 1936. Eric CHAMBERS and Jack SIBBIT chosen to represent GB in the tandem event and Charlie KING for the team pursuit event at the Olympic Games in Berlin.
Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette September 1948. Typed pages. Edited by A G BLAKE. Includes one-page advertisement for CurAcho, the verso of which includes Poly CC news and fixtures. Congratulations to Dave RICKETTS and Lew PONDS both members of the British Olympic team. Wedding of Treasurer Fred 'Colin' CAMPBELL and Barbara PALLIN (of the Polytechnic Ladies Fencing Club). Obituary for Frank C HIGGINS. Report of the 1948 'Gayler'.
Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette, September 1956. Edited by B A H MAYBANKS. Typed pages but with printed cover. Notice that Don BURGESS has been selected for the Melbourne Olympic Games, to ride in the team pursuit and as resesrve for the tandem together with Peter BROTHERTON who is selected for the tandem and reserve for the 1000m time trial.
Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette, January 1957. Edited by B A H MAYBANKS. Typed pages but with printed cover. Congratulations to Don BURGESS who gained a bronze medal in the team pursuit in the Olympic Games, and to Peter BROTHERTON who gained 4th place in the Tandem 2000m. BROTHERTON has decided to stay in Australia and turned professional.
Photograph of Harry Ryan and Thomas Lance on a tandem bicycle at the track, with various officials. Believed to have been taken at the Antwerp Olympic Games where the duo won a gold medal. Annotated '2 kilometres, Cycling block.'
Identity Card for David Ricketts, cycling competitor in the 1948 London Olympic Games. Card includes a passport-size photograph of Ricketts with signature and details his date of birth and address.
Certificate issued by North Middlesex and Herts Cycling Association to David Edward Ricketts for gaining a 3rd place in the track pursuit team at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
Rectangular metal badge. Obverse: City view of London showing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster accompanied by the legend in two lines 'XIV Olympiad London 1948' and the Olympic rings below. This badge was issued to officials and competitors in the Games for purposes of identification. Each badge had a ribbon, the colour of which distinguished to which group the wearer belonged. Athletic participants had orange ribbons [now missing]. Belonged to David Ricketts.
