Dear Giles, Norman bicycles were made in Ashford, Kent. Two brothers Charles and Fred Norman started producing bicycles in 1921, and the business expanded rapidly. Throughout the war years the firm kept going. The War Office ordered a couple of hundred Motobyks, and the firm also made folding motorcycles for use by the forces, especially for the (paratroopers) airborne. At the peak of their production Norman were producing 5000 bicycles, 600 mopeds and 120 motorcycles per week. Fred and Charles Norman decided to retire in 1961 and the factory closed down. Some Norman machines were made in Nottingham for another year by the new owners, T.I.(owners of Raleigh). The Norman Cycles Club is based at Willesborough Windmill, Mill Lane, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent. The Norman Museum is located in the Windmill's barn, where they have some mopeds and bicycles on display. I think you will probably discover this is a Norman Imp or Continental model. Best wishes Mick Butler Hunts. UK.
> Dear Anyone,
>
> A few months ago my father asked me to give him a
> hand getting his old bike
> working again which we did with just a lot of
> cleaning, lubing and new tyres.
> Unfortunately the bike which he obtained 2nd hand in
> the late 50's was
> re-sprayed so the only obvious clue to its identity
> was the metal head-tube badge.
> The bike is a Norman cycles of Ashford Kent. I would
> love to find out more
> >
> Thanks,
>
> Giles Holland
> London, England
>
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
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