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The Day of the Bicycle in Guilford and High Point
A retrospective look recalls bicycles in late 19th century Guilford and High Point. Judge Warren G. Brown recalls the Pove bike of J Elwood Cox, cost 150 dollars, and local riders like Matton Lindsay Stanton Turner Allred. The romeo stunt ends with Brown’s broken leg as oil lamps flicker and street gloom deepens. The piece notes a shift to motor cars and a decline in cycling among all ages, leaving only messenger youths on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Brown
Rolls-Royce
Cox
High Point
Judge Brown
George A. Matton
June J. Lindsay
Broadway Theatre
D. A. Stanton
James
East Washington Street
Archdale
Juliet
Main Street
Erebus
Brown
Terra Firma
Picyrcles