Enamel cycling badge - CCW or WCC

[Chris Jeggo]

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What's the club's name? Or could it be a cycle campaign?

[rogerzilla]

Willesden.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145555097642 ... media=COPY

[freiston]

Good work, Rogerzilla! I was thinking on the lines of Crewe Clarion Wheelers but obviously this was a "wrong turning".

I did try an image search and came up with this - also obviously wrong but surprisingly similar (to me anyway):

[rogerzilla]

Willesden CC is still going - they organise the "Willy Warmer" (Willy - Willesden - get it?) winter audax.

They briefly had a much more controversial badge: https://vintagebicycle.wordpress.com/ta ... ing-clubs/

[Chris Jeggo]

Willesden.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145555097642 ... media=COPY

That clinches it! Many thanks.
Chris

[cycleruk]

This caught my interest :-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335406848041 ... p_homepage

No idea why the swastika would be included. ?

[Bmblbzzz]

This caught my interest :-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335406848041 ... p_homepage

No idea why the swastika would be included. ?

Holy Cow!

[Vantage]

The swastika is originally a sign of good fortune. That nazi pillock stole it and that's why it has the stigma around it nowadays.

[Caver_Paul]

Indeed. From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones. In the western world it is more widely recognized as a symbol of the German Nazi Party who appropriated it from Asian cultures starting in the early 20th century.

[rogerzilla]

I'd guess that badge predates the 1930s, whatever the listing says. The 1930s and 40s weren't good PR for the old Hakenkreuz.

[andrew_s]

OCRC were founded in 1923, and are still going.

[gxaustin]

The swastika is originally a sign of good fortune. That nazi pillock stole it and that's why it has the stigma around it nowadays.

Unity Valkyrie Mitford was said to have been conceived at a town called Swastika in Ontario.

[Cycleboy66]

I recently found a Crewe Wheelers badge with my metal detector. It dates to between 1920 -26. It was made by Thomas Fattorini (Birmingham )Ltd at their Hockley Street workshop. The company name changed after they moved from Hockley Street in 1927.