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cacophony up by a few thousand times .
More sense was made as we made our way to the exit gate and there it was , familiarity in two . A bicycle frame with a tiny single cylinder engine sat within it . The weirdest of things I ’ ve seen of a mechanical nature . Not a motorbike , not a pushbike . No ! I was told that this was a one hundred-and-ten-year-old Triumph .
Known as the ‘ Baby ’ Triumph the LW model was a favourite amongst new riders around the time of World War 1 , even women , the District
Nurses would use them to get around their area of work . Women riders over a century ago , and I wondered if they felt some of the discrimination felt today or is it just a product of the digital world .
“ I suppose that concludes the lesson ,” the smart arse I ’ m married to laughed . I now understood what this was all about , it had been a working display of the history of the piston engine , and although the little Triumph led me on a fascinating journey I still couldn ’ t fully appreciate the “ design and engineering masterpieces ” we ’ d lost a
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