HOLYHEAD CYCLING CLUB

Previous Cycling Clubs existed in Holyhead, on two occasions. The first Club was from 1937 to 1941 and was known as the Holyhead Cycling and Social Club. Meetings were regular, with a Club room near the Town Cenotaph, and Clubruns were held regularly also in midweek and on Sunday's, with a highlight in the special "cyclists teas" at remote farmhouses. A feature of the Club was the number of "tea dances" that were held, and at the time that was allocated to Table Tennis on Club nights... Sadly, on the outbreak of the War, the Club folded. The Club minute Book is in the Anglesey Archives at Llangefni... There too, is a most interesting photo album of excellent black and white photographs, of the first London - Holyhead Road Race, held in 1951. This album was presented to the late R.V Thomas, a member of the original pre-war club, who by 1951, ran a Cycle Shop in the Town, and who organized the selection of the race from Llangollen to Holyhead.

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