http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: R4 Beryl Burton MBE OBE (cycling related) en Mon, 18 May 2026 18:08:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-158639 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:37:26 +0000 chdot 158639@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/tour-de-france-2014-tours-yorkshire-arrival-puts-unknown-cycling-legend-beryl-burton-up-in-lights-at-last-9574547.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/tour-de-france-2014-tours-yorkshire-arrival-puts-unknown-cycling-legend-beryl-burton-up-in-lights-at-last-9574547.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-157877 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:03:11 +0000 DaveC 157877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27923596" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27923596</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-157705 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:38:06 +0000 acsimpson 157705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You could take up woodworking, but why do you need an excuse? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-157700 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:20:51 +0000 MediumDave 157700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Goodness me no! If I finished it, what excuse would I have to buy exciting new tools? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-157674 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:24:20 +0000 DaveC 157674@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is your flat not finished yet David? ;O) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-157659 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:17:05 +0000 MediumDave 157659@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Billie Dovey. I was listening to that piece too; made glossing the woodwork in the bathroom go a lot faster!</p> <p>Well worth a listen again IMO. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-157658 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:06:04 +0000 gembo 157658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>R4 did a piece on another old school woman cyclist last week, not beryl burton, sorry I should have written it down. Woman did lot of touring, set records then took up different interests, at least I think it wasn't beryl burton </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-157656 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:57:49 +0000 Roibeard 157656@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Countryfile (!) has just had a slot on Beryl Burton, with Ellie Harrison interviewing:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04838s6" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04838s6</a></p> <p>Not sure if/when it will make iPlayer.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-92485 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:30:01 +0000 kaputnik 92485@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>on iplayer;</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p0fpl/Afternoon_Drama_Beryl_A_Love_Story_on_Two_Wheels/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p0fpl/Afternoon_Drama_Beryl_A_Love_Story_on_Two_Wheels/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-92437 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:51:39 +0000 kaputnik 92437@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has been very positive reception on Twitter. Hope to hear it on catchup later. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-92435 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:38:14 +0000 DaveC 92435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This will be on iPlayer later I'm sure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8907#post-90945 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:57:50 +0000 DaveC 90945@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Actress Maxine Peake has written a play to be aired on Radio 4 at 2.15pm on 27 November paying tribute to a racer from an earlier - more innocent? - era.</p> <p>‘Beryl – a love story on two wheels’ tells the story of champion cyclist Beryl Burton MBE OBE and her husband Charlie, her chauffeur and mechanic.</p> <p>Charlie rode one of Gerry Boswell's Brevets in July with his daughter Denise and is looking very well indeed. </p>