Hillingdon's sporting history

Cycling

Photo of hillingdon cycling club

These items, which have been donated by Stephanie D., belonged to her father, Reginald. 

He was captain of Uxbridge Cycling Club in the 1920s and is pictured third from the left in the team photo.

Uxbridge Cycling and Athletics Club was founded in 1890 - badges from the club are shown in the image to the right.

In 1920, membership to the club required that a member needed to be "an amateur who has never competed for a prize money."Cyclist diaryCycling badges

At the time, there were a few different tiers of membership available for this particular club. 

For 3 shillings and 6 pence, you could join just the cycling part of the club. However, if you only wanted to join the athletics part, you would pay 5 shillings a season.

To become a full member would cost 7 shillings a year, which would be approximately £14 in today's money.