Oldest DHBC Record?

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Toff
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Postby Toff » 22 May 2009, 23:52

I found a picture of DHBC rider A. T. Kenny from the 1930s in the NSW State Library online archives.

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It's interesting because I believe it indicates the original club jersey design: red body with beige neck and sleeve tabs.

My challenge is for anyone to find any older DHBC images or references.
You could start by searching "bicycle" in the same archive. Lot's of great shots over 26 pages. Lookout for the highlights such as Oppy's 24 hour record, and the sheds jam packed with hundreds of workers' hanging bikes like a car park at BHP Steel.

Anyone who finds a 1908 DHBC reference gets bonus points!

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Postby simon.sharwood » 25 May 2009, 09:57

I'm pretty sure there is a photo of the club executive just after its formation. I'll see if I can dig it out.
Marrickville Council has some shots, too.
Find 'em here: http://photosau.com/marrickville/scripts/home.asp

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Postby mikesbytes » 25 May 2009, 10:29

Interesting find Simon, there's a couple of shots up there. Was Marrickville Cycling club combined into Dulwich Hill?

Here's a shot from Marrickville Cycling Club in 1914, on a picnic.

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Postby simon.sharwood » 25 May 2009, 10:34

My understanding is that there were, in times past, individual clubs in Marrickville and Newtown, plus Dulwich Hill. The other two have folded ovef the years. I know that Lionel Cox, for example, rode for Marrickville before being selected for the Helsinki Olympics.
I did a slideshow about this last year that was shown at the centenary dinner. Weirdly, I cannot find it on my computer today (and I don't have time to look for ages). But Lindsay et al probably have a copy lurking around somewhere...

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Postby mikesbytes » 25 May 2009, 11:25

Also Petersham (or was it Lewisham) club

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Postby weiyun » 25 May 2009, 11:44

Where's Parkesvale in the photo?

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Postby mikesbytes » 25 May 2009, 11:55

Where's Parkesvale in the photo?
I think it might be part of Picnic Point

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Postby williamd » 25 May 2009, 22:16

Mike wrote was there a Petersham or Lewisham Club?

I met a resident of Summer Hill Who said he rode for Petersham bicycle Club.

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Postby Toff » 25 May 2009, 22:34

If you go into the Petersham RSL club, hidden away in some of the corridoors out the back are some photos of Petersham cycling club and their riders. I think there may also be trophies, pennants and/or ribbons.


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