The Sheffield Penny Farthing

[Ponytail]

The Sheffield Penny Farthing. 

Seeing the Anderton advertisement prompted a memory of a conversation a number of years ago about the "Sheffielder" The outcome of which has long since faded from my memory. 

F. H. Anderton, cycle manufacturer, 43,45 & 47 Copper Street, Gibraltar Street. 

Whites Directory 1879

Anderton, Charles, silver and electro plated corner dish, dish cover &etc. manfr, and magneto-electric machine and spider bicycle mfr., 43-7 Copper Street. 

Anderton, Frederick Herbert (Chas) h. 43 Copper St. 

What was a "Spider" bicycle. Bicycle with spokes perhaps? 

 

https://www.yesterdays.nl/product/hydes-wigfull-the-marion-sheffield-2909/

Hydes & Wigfull, The Marmion Sheffield Ordinary 1885

Whites Directory 1879

Hydes & Wigfull Ltd., furnishing and general iron mongers, agricultural engineers, contractors, implement agents, pump and bicycle manufacturers, wire workers and iron fencing and hurdle manufacturers, 88 Market Place, works Stanley Street, implement depot, 2 Victoria Arches, Furnival Road, William Wigfull, managing director. 

Hydes, William Kitchen, agricultural engineers manager, h. Burngrove Terrace, Burngreave Road. 

Wigfull, William, manager director (Hydes & Wigfull Ltd) h. Union Road, Brincliffe. 

 

Postman with his Penny farthing. It would be a brave postman to deliver riding one of these around Sheffield. 

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[Lysanderix]

Crikey, we made nearly everything then. ,!

[Ponytail]

Directory of West Riding 1881

Hydes & Wigfull

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hydes_and_Wigfull

 

Penny Farthing. 

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Penny-Farthing