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Bigfattallchaps collection of German wooden Xmas decorations got me thinking, and I rarely mention this for fear of being considered a bit sad but I have a collection of postcards and greetings cards, every one of which has a cycling theme.
I started it twelve years ago when I received a card from a customer who was on holiday in France and I stuck it next to one which was already on the shop noticeboard.
It didn't take long for the noticeboard to fill up and after I casually mentioned it to my mother it spread around the family and every Xmas I'd receive a few from each of them.
A trip to Amsterdam got me 40 or so and I scan card racks whenever I find them. This years trade shows in Germany and London netted me about 100 new ones.
It got so bad that some of them are pretty tenuous, a postcard of some bland town centre with a bike parked way off in the distance qualifies, but my favourites are the old advertising images for Hercules, Raleigh and the like.
I have a few trade cards signed by pro racers, one or two featuring people that I know (or have at least encountered like Burrows, McGurn and Josy Dew) and quite a few really really old ones.
I now have about 3000!
Sad huh?
I started it twelve years ago when I received a card from a customer who was on holiday in France and I stuck it next to one which was already on the shop noticeboard.
It didn't take long for the noticeboard to fill up and after I casually mentioned it to my mother it spread around the family and every Xmas I'd receive a few from each of them.
A trip to Amsterdam got me 40 or so and I scan card racks whenever I find them. This years trade shows in Germany and London netted me about 100 new ones.
It got so bad that some of them are pretty tenuous, a postcard of some bland town centre with a bike parked way off in the distance qualifies, but my favourites are the old advertising images for Hercules, Raleigh and the like.
I have a few trade cards signed by pro racers, one or two featuring people that I know (or have at least encountered like Burrows, McGurn and Josy Dew) and quite a few really really old ones.
I now have about 3000!
Sad huh?