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Empire Games 100 mile road race, Auckland 1950
"Tearing along the traffic-burdened thoroughfare with staring eyeball and reeking frame, this insane demon shoots past men,woman and children, with nothing to announce his coming or mark his passage save a faint hum and a curl of dust." Letter to a Hawkes Bay Newspaper dated 9 December 1898
My father; Eric Holroyd, is in there somewhere, riding for England.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather is in the black shirt in the middle of the photo.
ReplyDeleteHe eventually came second - pipped at the post by an Ozzie!
Thanks for that information, I always appreciate being able to identify the faces in the photos.
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