1882 Speedwell Club Bicycle Exhibition

Held at the Bingley Hall, Birmingham on the 22-25th March 1882

Organised by the Speedwell Bicycle Club

1882. An exhibition of bicycles and tricycles . . . opened at Bingley Hall yesterday . . . In the number of visitors it falls little short of the “Stanley” shows in the metropolis . . . There are about sixty exhibitors altogether . . . and the exhibits number close upon 300. In addition there are long and important arrays of ordinary horse carriages of various kinds shown by Messrs Startin and Sons . . . and other well-known coachbuilders . . . the galleries are set apart for practical tests of the special merits claimed for the machines.

Companies Exhibiting:

• Coventry Machinists Co
• Singer and Co
• D. Rudge and Co
• Caroche Tricycle Co
• Maynard, Harris and Co
• J. Harrington
• BSA
• Smith and Sons
• Norman, Oakley and Co
• J. R. Whitehouse
• Royal Machine Manufacturing Co
• National Arms and Ammunition Co
• St. George's Foundry Co
• William Andrews
• W. A. Lloyd and Co
• Palmer and Co
• Adam Burdess
• W. T. Eades
• J. M. Smith
• Edge Brothers
• Gorse and Son
• S. B. Allport
• Starley Brothers
• Bayliss, Thomas and Co
• Howe Machine Co
• Manchester Tricycle Co
• Surrey Machinist Co
• Townend and Co
• George Riley
• Thomas Smith and Sons
• Centaur Cycle Co
• Swallow Bicycle and Tricycle Co
• J. Humpage
• J. Hopwood
• Midland Machinists Co
• Leicester Tricycle Co

• P. Vaughton and Sons
• Joseph Lucas
• J. Harrison
• W. J. Spurrier
• A. Bennett
• Crown Lamp Co
• C. E. Rodway
• William Bown
• Maynard, Harris and Co
• Henry Lees
• Thomas Warwick
• T. Prime and Sons
• T. F. Pett and Co
• H. Haes
• E. Cole and Co
• A. E. Aldridge

• T. Startin and Sons
• Findlater
• Iliffe and Son

See Also

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Sources of Information

• The Cyclist 1882/03/15
• The Cyclist 1882/03/29