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How mass produced bicycles brought freedom of the road to the working classes in the 1930s

Martin Ellis investigates how mass produced bicycles brought freedom of the road to the working classes in the 1930s.

The fitness and outdoor movements of the 1930's coupled with the advent of cheaper mass produced bicycles brought the freedom of the open road to the working classes

Presenter: Martin Ellis

Producer: Simon Evans
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Martin Ellis presents a history of the bicycle

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