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THE BRIGHTON ROAD 



By 1872 the bicycle had advanced a further stage 

 towards the giraffe-like altitude of the " ordinary," 

 and already there were many clubs in existence. On 



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JOHN.MAYALL, JUNIOR, 1869. 



From a contemporary photograph. 



August 16th of that year six members of the Surrey 

 and six of the Middlesex Bicycle Clubs rode from 

 Oval to Brighton and back, Causton 



Kennington 



