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A Victorian Letter About the Etiquette of Bicycling

We’re BIG fans of etiquette at the BNA.

And we’re also big fans of bicycles, too.

So we were fascinated by this letter about the etiquette of bicycling, published in ‘The London Daily News’ in 1887.

What can we say but ‘plus ca change’…

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London Daily News – Friday 02 September 1887

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1 comments On A Victorian Letter About the Etiquette of Bicycling

  • Hear hear… The consequences of startling old ladies whilst on a bicycle should not be underestimated, not in 1887, nor in 2013… not even in Cambridge…

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