Bicycle accident at Perry Barr

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Date:1902

Description:A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail July 7th 1902.
This cutting gives an account of an accident resulting in the death of a young cyclist.
Three youths were "scorching" (fast reckless riding) along the Walsall rode when one of them rode into a horse drawn trap travelling in the opposite direction. He was impaled on one of the shafts and died as a result of his injuries.
Taken from the G.H. Osborne newscuttings collections.

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Walsall Road Perry Barr Horse-drawn Transport Bicycles 1901 - 1913 (Edwardian)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Central Library

Donor ref:L 92.3 G.H. Osborne Newscuttings collection (15/3024)

Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library

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