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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
That is rather sad. Most of it will clean up well, but I don't know about the frame. It is possible to replace a stay, of course, but it's rather major surgery.
You may be able to get a new frame from India or China, strip the decals, and duplicate the Rudge decals on the new frame. All the parts, including the fork, "should" fit.
The rear hub should have a date. What is the hub, an AG? The trigger shifter is an early one, ca 1938-1948 if I recall correctly. The early hubs have single digit dates, i.e. 7 means 1937, 0 means 1940, 46 = 1946. (I've never seen one dated 1941-5.)
Good luck with it, and please keep us posted!