Originally Posted by
East Hill
Viscount, at least you know now that you can get replacement tyres for your machine
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I can make out 'Abingdon' on the hub, but 'workolid A'?
This has turned into a most interesting thread!
East Hill
That's what my (poorish) eyes tell me too.
Wormolid was my first thought!
Abingdon is Oxford and Morris, isn't it?
Certainly car/engine production and engineering generally in that period.
Had a response from the bicycle curator at Coventry Transport Museum this morning requesting pictures, so I expect some illumination shortly.
She thinks the dates (30/32) are "worrying" so I'm hoping that it's earlier.
(Earlier the better as far as I'm concerned!)
Might well be earlier since the sellers guess is wrong/vague, in that he didn't know production stopped in 31, according another informant.
And, I've written to the Swift Bicycle Registrar, who will no doubt have more, useful information.
Could be quite interesting.....