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The Musselburgh Clarion Cycling Club banner
1938, Photograph
The Musselburgh Clarion Cycling Club banner
The Musselburgh Clarion Cycling Club banner
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Item no
22435
Title
The Musselburgh Clarion Cycling Club banner
Description
The Musselburgh Clarion Cycling Club, at the Honest Lad and Lass Parade, 1938.Two people are holding the banner which has the words MUSSELBURGH CLARIOIN SOCIALISM IS THE ONLY HOPE OF THE WORLD.
Jimmy Crichton, one of the founders, is on the far right selling Daily Worker Newspapers. Men standing in the forground with raised fists.
Date
1938
Type
Photograph
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
CD1/635/29A
The Clarion was a weekly socialist newspaper founded by Robert Blatchford, in 1891, and the cycling club set up in 1930 to promote the message of socialism.
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Pedalling past: Edinburgh's cycling heritage
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