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Pedalling to Freedom

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1/5. Lawrence Pollard gets on his bike and discovers the part that the bicycle played in women's liberation as he retraces the route of the novel The Golf Lunatic and His Cycling Wife. The book, by Mrs Edward Kennard , isn't well known now but was a bestseller at the end of the 19th century and very popular with "new women". Producer Stephen Hughes
Adam Hart-Davis preaches pedal power: page 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Lawrence Pollard
Book By:
Mrs Edward Kennard
Producer:
Stephen Hughes
Producer:
Adam Hart-Davis
Source: Radio Times

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