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A Ride on a Bicycle from Newcastle to Dundee

A ride on a bicycle from Newcastle to Dundee in 4'h days is a feat impressive enough in itself, but when one learns that the 212-mile ride was made on a penny farthing bicycle and by a 73-year-old man, Jock Harrison, well, that is amazing! This remarkable achievement was rewarded by donations tota/ ling more than £1,500 which Jock succeeded in collecting from sponsors; this shows just how much can be made starting only with a penny farthing. In the photograph, Jock is receiving £10 from Councillor Foster outside Dundee Town Hall..

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