Members of Vulcan Cycling Club, around 1905

Vulcan Cycling Club

Thank you to Robert Forsyth for allowing me to reproduce Photo 1 above. This is a photo of members of the Vulcan Cycling Club.

Robert wrote:

Vulcan Cycling Club

Thomas Forsyth

"Thomas 'Tommy' Weston Milne Forsyth, my grandfather, is far right in this photo, wearing the white striped cycling gear.

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Unfortunately, I can’t date this photo precisely, but I reckon it’s around 1905, when Thomas would have been aged about 20.

I have been undertaking some serious genealogical research into the life of Thomas Forsyth. He was born in Broxburn, West Lothian, in 1885 and attended George Watson's College in Edinburgh.

He cycled for the Vulcan Cycling Club of Edinburgh, winning several trophies and prizes, some of which survive, as do photos.

Tommy also apparently worked as an apprentice for John Croall the coachbuilders on Castle Terrace before leaving Scotland around 1910

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He then went to Egypt where he eventually made his fortune as a representative for several leading British motor and engineering companies in North Africa and the Middle East."

William Forsyth

"The elder brother of Thomas Forsyth was William, known as ‘Cap’. In this photo, he is sitting in the middle with cycling medals on his waistcoat:

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William, broke the motorcycle speed record between John O’Groats and Edinburgh in 1910!"

Peter Thomson

"If you look at this photo of Peter Thomson, taken in 1906

and compare it with the chap to far right in this photo

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I reckon that could be him as a younger man. What do you think?’

Vulcan Cycling Club

"I wonder if more records or an archive of the Vulcan Cycling Club exists elsewhere. I will have to do some more digging!"

Robert Forsyth, Storrington, West Sussex, England: October 30, 2011 (2 emails)