Tag Archives: Bicycles

Memoirs Of A Bicycle: Times Past

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Sherri Matthews

Driving to Gatwick Airport recently, road signs to long-ago places from my childhood like Horley, Reigate and Brighton, zoom by. But one town called Purley brings back just one clear memory. Not of the town itself; in fact, I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Times Past Challenge | Tagged Baby Boomer Generation, Bicycles, Childhood memories, Cycling, England, Family Life, Girl Guides, Hounds of the Baskervilles, Short Memoir, Suffolk, Surrey, Times Past Challenge | 94 Comments

Bite-Size Memoir: Cycling and Sherlock Holmes

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

When Lisa set her cycling prompt for this week’s Bite Size Memoir challenge, the first thoughts that came to mind were not so much the riding on but the falling off a bicycle. My first bike was for my seventh … Continue reading →

Posted in Bite Size Memoir, Childhood Memories, Family Life | Tagged Bicycles, Bite Size Memoir, Childhood memories, Cycling, Family Life, Girl Guides, Memoir, Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles | 104 Comments