Neville Chain - A life on two wheels at Stroud museum in the park.
Some of you may know him from Evesham wheelers, a touring fanatic who covered more than 1million km in his life and was touring all over the world right up to his death at 75. He lived down the road from my mum and when I was a kid would always encourage me when he saw me out on my bike. He was always giving the council a hard time about poor road surfaces. Anyways all his memorabilia, including his beloved Allin bike has been donated to the museum. So if your local or passing you might enjoy it.
The Executors of Neville’s estate have also offered his collection of magazines for offer
Arrivee – The AudaxMagazine ( 1984 onwards)
CTC Gazette (Earliest copy of Gazette 1947)
Cycle Touring / CT and C / Cycle ( 1965 onwards ) Fairly large quantity
The Tourist (Journal of CTC West Group, formerly Bristol District Assoc. 2004 – 2009 )
Sporting Cyclist ( 1962 onwards )
International Cycle Sport (1968 – 1974 )
Cycling Weekly ( 2008 – 2010 )
OCD Cyclo Climbing ( 1986 onwards )
Cyclist Monthly ( 1982 – 1985 )
Bicycle Times (1982 - )
News of the Wheelers (1999 – 2004)
Fellowship News of Cycling Old Timers (2005 – 2009)
Please contact Ron Carlton as soon as possible
Ronald at rcarlton dot co dot uk
I rode a few times in the 90's with Nev "Chainring" he was hell of a characture, his passing is a great loss.
In his 60's he used to gobble up miles at an unbelivable rate
Sad sad loss