Cycling UK Forum

Hi Graham

You are welcome to pass my Email address on to your friend in the USA, it depends on what info' he expects, as records of the company were disposed of many years ago when my father in law closed it down. However my wife will be able to supply a little history, and a some heresay from those days. As I said in my original reply, we still have two machines in need of referb', but that is all.

Regards Keith Gardner.

Your Enquire about C Bertrand And Co interests me as the company in its later days was owned by my Father, and mother in law Edgar R G Sage and Winifred Sage.
They purchased the company and property, 654-656a High Road Finghley N12, in, or around 1947. Edgar continued to manufacture cycles well in to the 1950's, but by this time was unable to make a living simply from Bertrand and Co,so he therefore found other employment continuing to make bicycles part time.
By the time I met my wife Carole ( their daughter ) in 1960, Edgar was again running C Bertrand and Co full time, but mainly selling and repairing Motor Cycles, and Scooters, pedal cycles by this time were a very small part of the business.
We still have a Bertrand cycle, and an experimental Tandem in our barn, both in need of serious referb' the cycle is complete, but the tandem is minus wheels.
Should any of this be of interest to you, or you want to clarify any points, please come back to me.

Keith