http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "It was the practice in most early bicycling clubs to have a club bugler" en Thu, 21 May 2026 08:30:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-351670 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:21:45 +0000 Rosie 351670@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sylvia and Christabel Pankhurst were both in the Clarion.</p> <p>Typically Sylvia had a crap bicycle and wasn't that keen but had to accompany Christabel who was more athletic and had a good bicycle.</p> <p>"Those were the high days of Robert Blatchford’s Clarion, and the cycling clubs which helped to make its popularity. Christabel had already been demanding a bicycle at Southport in 1893, but the Doctor shrank from the thought of his young daughters riding among the traffic, and it was not until about 1906 that she had her way. I had no desire to ride; but from the habit of loyalty to her, I stood by her side when she made her demands. Our parents took it as matter of course that if Christabel rode I must go with her as a companion. We were now entered as members of the Clarion Cycling Club. Christabel and Mrs. Pankhurst scanned the catalogues of the principal cycle makers, and consulted the club to discover the best machine for speed. The first grade Rudge Whitworth was the final choice; it cost something over £30. I did not care what sort of bicycle I might get. Already, though our parents never discussed such matters in our presence, I had learnt from our aunts that they were not without financial worries. Therefore I was pleased when our teacher mentioned to Mrs. Pankhurst a cheap little machine, which a comrade had made at home out of gas piping. It was of curious design, low geared and rather too small for me; but it did not occur, either to Mrs Pankhurst or to me, that the machine was placing upon me a considerable handicap, when, in rather poor health, I attempted to keep pace with my elder and more athletic sister."</p> <p><a href="https://www.sheilahanlon.com/?p=89" rel="nofollow">https://www.sheilahanlon.com/?p=89</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-351667 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:52:55 +0000 gembo 351667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tony Blair finally caught up with the Clarion. Loving how Socialism the transfer from the few to the many is seen as inequitous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-351665 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:02:23 +0000 chdot 351665@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>It’s like joining a vegan cycling club and then trying to make people eat meat.”</p> <p>He added: “There will almost certainly be a split.”</p> <p>“ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-351662 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:13:28 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 351662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/14/keir-hardies-cycling-club-jettisons-socialism" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/14/keir-hardies-cycling-club-jettisons-socialism</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-311695 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:19:29 +0000 gembo 311695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Clarion was the newspaper initially delivered by horserider. </p> <p>when the paper was later delivered by bicycle this spawned the bicyle clubs of the same name. These clubs were part of the one big club so West Lothian Clarion can claim to be the biggest cycling club in the UK if they wish to as part of the wider Clarion network</p> <p>The last Clarionettist I spoke to recently in Apple Pie claims they will still shout Spurs back at you if you shout Boots at them - but I am not sure that happens so much now </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-311692 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:01:11 +0000 bill 311692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWARTS @steveo Haha! Oh my! Thank you. That's an honour. Would have to revive Bichael for this as I can't imagine producing much sound on drop bars! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-311685 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:10:08 +0000 I were right about that saddle 311685@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Congratulations @bill! Inaugural CCE Bugler.</p> <p>I shall see if a suitable bugle can be procured. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-311684 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:49:48 +0000 crowriver 311684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought perhaps it was why Clarion cycling clubs are so called. However it seems the relation to bugling was through a socialist connected newspaper.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wcml.org.uk/wcml/en/our-collections/the-clarion-cycling-club/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wcml.org.uk/wcml/en/our-collections/the-clarion-cycling-club/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-311678 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:52:51 +0000 steveo 311678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Seconded! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-311677 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:51:13 +0000 I were right about that saddle 311677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I propose @bill as CCE Bugler. Do we have a seconder? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19757#post-311675 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:48:16 +0000 bill 311675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From St Cecilia's Hall <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stceciliashall/">Facebook page</a></p> <p>"In honour of the end of the Tour de France, let's look at the bicycle bugle.</p> <p>In the late-19th century bicycle clubs became a popular pastime throughout Britain and North America. The clubs were social organisations often organised around neighborhoods, professions, gender and social classes. As these groups of cyclists competed for space on the road, they needed a way to signal to traffic, passersby and each other. The bicycle bugle, a small, compact instrument, was the perfect solution.</p> <p>It was the practice in most early bicycling clubs to have a club bugler give directions to members when out on a ride. These directions could signal that the group was mounting, speeding up, slowing down, dismounting, or even lifting their hats as they passed. Bicycling clubs were popular up until the start of the First World War. After the war alternative forms of entertainment made the bicycling club, and its associated bugle, mostly a thing of the past.</p> <p>The bicycle bugle on display at St Cecilia's Hall was made by J. Higham in Manchester around 1900. The instrument has four turns in its tubing (making it a 'buglet') and its bell is oval rather than round in shape." </p>