Minstrel Cycle Co
From Graces Guide
Cycle manufacturers
1903 of 21 Bishop Street, Birmingham[1]
1904 Mentioned in a court case and 'his brother' Henry Ransley, cycle maker, of Ilford.[2]
The company made 3 types of bicycle: the Minstrel (a reference back to the preceding Bard company), the Rea (the name of a local river near the Works) and the Fiscal, a cheaper machine which could also be supplied unbadged so that retailers could apply their own transfers[3]
By 1908 was presumably Minstrel and Rea Cycle Co Ltd
1916 Mention of Minstrel Cycle Co, Barn Street.[4]
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