Brinsley - This Was Then

Fascinating stories of local folk with broad themes of old time local cyclists, coal and Pollington Colliery.  The tales concern John William Lee, pioneer cyclist; George Bestwick Pearce, Palin's son; Thomas Wright; Victorian scholar and pit lad; Gaffer Thomas Wright and a lump of coal; William Wright; cricketer and Union man; Death of Pollington; eccentric Elias Jepson; Charles Cooke and his motor powered tricycle; Rev. F.J. Starmer, the cycling vicar; Carter Taylor, the cobbler; William Pacey and a spot of bother.

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