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'''Guest and Barrow''' of Tower Works, Tower Road, Birmingham
'''Guest and Barrow''' of Tower Works, Tower Road, Birmingham (1893)


* 1890 Jan/Feb. The Stanley Exhibition of Cycles at the Crystal Palace. Bicycle. British Star sprung framed bicycle.
* 1890 Jan/Feb. The Stanley Exhibition of Cycles at the Crystal Palace. Bicycle. British Star sprung framed bicycle.


* 1890s. Safety Bicycle. Seen at the [[National Cycle Collection]]
* 1890s. Safety Bicycle. Seen at the [[National Cycle Collection]]
* 1893 One of only 2 Birmingham cycle manufacturers exhibiting at the Chicago Trade Fair<ref>Birmingham Daily Post, 18 September 1893</ref>.
* 1894 Messrs Guest and Barrow retired from the business and sold their works by auction including machinery and the stock of cycles consisting of 25 "Humber" pattern with pneumatic tyres as well as "Safeties" with solid and cushion tyres<ref>Birmingham Daily Post, 12 March 1894</ref>.





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Guest and Barrow of Tower Works, Tower Road, Birmingham (1893)

  • 1890 Jan/Feb. The Stanley Exhibition of Cycles at the Crystal Palace. Bicycle. British Star sprung framed bicycle.
  • 1893 One of only 2 Birmingham cycle manufacturers exhibiting at the Chicago Trade Fair[1].
  • 1894 Messrs Guest and Barrow retired from the business and sold their works by auction including machinery and the stock of cycles consisting of 25 "Humber" pattern with pneumatic tyres as well as "Safeties" with solid and cushion tyres[2].


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Sources of Information

  1. Birmingham Daily Post, 18 September 1893
  2. Birmingham Daily Post, 12 March 1894