Cycling- 1930's style!

[spyder dryver]

Got bored last night so I decided to have a look what I might find in my wife's drawers!
I found this pic in amongst hundreds of her family photos.
It's her Uncle Jim who died not so long ago aged 93. RIP James Morley.
I thought it might offer a glimpse, to any of you who may be interested, of authentic 1930's casual cycling. (Or so I thought. Please see footnote)
Nice adjustable saddle and state of the art Lucas acetylene lamp. None of that LED nonsense, blinding car drivers etc.
Can't see a rear light though.
Would I be right in thinking that the lack of any visible brakes suggests that it is a fixie?
I can't make out the badge. Any help? It's a Nottinghamshire family but I don't think it's a Raleigh.

Edited to correct: My wife informs me that its not a picture of Uncle Jim but rather of Uncle Jim's dad, great Uncle Jim!
So its not 1930's but more like 1910 or thereabouts!
She also asked me to stay out of her drawers! Bah!

Edited by spyder dryver on Saturday 24th December 11:53

[anonymous-user]

It's remarkable how little the basic bike design has changed, in that 100 odd years

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[g7jhp]

Great photo.

Just needs a beard and he'd look "authentic" in Hoxton today!

[Shuttle Cock]

Same sort of thing, found a photo of my Grandad circa 1930


And me recreating it for my mum, as everyone says I looked like him

[spyder dryver]

Sadly, the thrill of finding such a photo will surely become a thing of the past.
Who has pics printed anymore? We've got hundreds and hundreds of old B&W photos
of my wife's family. Her Grandad was a keen photographer and did his own developing.
I've still got one of his old cameras.
I've done more research re. the bike but all I've managed to find out so far is that
the crank is a Magistroni Snowflake which puts the pic at around 1920.

[S13_Alan]

One of my Aunt and Grandpa that I scanned from a slide a few years ago. Not sure exactly when it was taken but he is now 90, so probably mid 1950s.

Can't have been too many of these lying about then I would imagine? God knows what it was like to try and ride one!