Photo galleries

Here are some photos from the championship:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4069415588006.164269.1660845213&type=3

Here are some photos of the Bromsgrove 10 on Saturday 7th July

https://picasaweb.google.com/106912852269600730553/BromsgroveOlympique107712

The following links might be of interest to some, particularly those with long memories.

I've finally "digitised" the old Speedwell BC albums.  The Club album contains memorabilia going back to the 1880s and also covers several years of our Mountain Time Trial - there are plenty of riders featured who are still going strong:
 - https://picasaweb.google.com/106912852269600730553/SpeedwellBCAlbum?nore...

The Open 100 album covers the history of our Open 100 from 1889 to 1989.  Again some familiar names
 - https://picasaweb.google.com/106912852269600730553/SpeedwellBCOpen100Alb...

I was sent an athlete's record book (price 1 shilling in 1886) for a G A Henson, who was in, variously, the Speedwell BC, Midland C&AC, Polytechnic Harriers (London) and Edgbaston Harriers.  This also contains some pictures and news clippings.  There are a couple of satirical cartoons about the amateur versus professional debate, dated 1896.
 - https://picasaweb.google.com/106912852269600730553/GAHenson?authuser=0&f...
Henson also seems to have taken part in the Wenlock Olympics of 1892 - there's a reference to a corroborating article here http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20....

Some of the print is very small and quite faded but most of it is readable if you do the following:
 - Click on a picture to see it full size
 - Click on the magnifying glass to zoom in
 - Use the slider at the bottom of the page (or the mouse wheel) to increase the magnification
(Yes, there really is a sleeping cat unknowingly acting as a copy stand on a few of the pages.)