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Pete Bentley
Guest
Whilst rushing around, late for work this morning I caught a few
moments of a programme on Radio 4 which seemed to be talking
about how the Victorians though bikes were good for fertility.
Or something.
There was certainly a bit about how a weekly magazine (*** Bits?)
ran a weekly competition for people to guess how many babies
were born that week with the prize being... A bicycle.
This was said to be "early social engineering" (although I don't
really see how).
From Radio 4's web site:-
Pedalling to Freedom
Tue 14 Dec, 09:30 - 09:45 15 mins
1/5. Lawrence Pollard gets on his bike and discovers the part that
the bicycle played in women's liberation as he re-traces the route
of the novel, The Golf Lunatic and His Cycling Wife.
Did any one listen to this and can perhaps post a more reliable summary
than mine?
Pete.
moments of a programme on Radio 4 which seemed to be talking
about how the Victorians though bikes were good for fertility.
Or something.
There was certainly a bit about how a weekly magazine (*** Bits?)
ran a weekly competition for people to guess how many babies
were born that week with the prize being... A bicycle.
This was said to be "early social engineering" (although I don't
really see how).
From Radio 4's web site:-
Pedalling to Freedom
Tue 14 Dec, 09:30 - 09:45 15 mins
1/5. Lawrence Pollard gets on his bike and discovers the part that
the bicycle played in women's liberation as he re-traces the route
of the novel, The Golf Lunatic and His Cycling Wife.
Did any one listen to this and can perhaps post a more reliable summary
than mine?
Pete.