I think that this is the same image, pretty early as horse and cart can be seen..This is another item I bought, a heavy print plate a bit bigger than a postcard, view it in a mirror and all becomes clear..
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The plate is the New Raleigh Factory on Faraday Road Lenton opening in 1898. The only King Street I can find is in the centre of Nottingham so is it reference to a Raleigh shop or office...
Managed to have a good chat with Granville on Tuesday and he confirmed that he retired from the shop when he was 65 in 2004 and that his mechanic Nigel Vickers continued to run the shop for three years closing in 2007. Olympic Cycles did build their own frames though more of a sideline with Paul Coupe who was a Reynolds 753 approved builder. As a member of Beauvale CC Granville said a some of the club members had Olympic frames built. Granville acquired the Raleigh 753 Dynaflite in the mid 80's and had it repainted in the red, white and green which were the Beauvale CC club colours. The frame was painted by Phil Insley a former Raleigh SBDU painter who set up Skill Enamelers.Hi, I bought the RRA about 3 years ago in quite a sad state and built it up as a fixie, then I researched its history and got some photos of Cliff competing on it from his grandson (who now owns Cliffs best race bike), I then rebuilt it to the spec of when Cliff used it (rBotM November 2021).
If you're a VCC member Granville's contact details are in the 2022-2023 YearBook - if not I'll give him a call and ask if it's OK for you to contact him.
The plate is the New Raleigh Factory on Faraday Road Lenton opening in 1898. The only King Street I can find is in the centre of Nottingham so is it reference to a Raleigh shop or office...