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Bike repair kit

Accession Number

938.2011.1(a-f)

Object Name

Bike repair kit

Created

04/10/2011

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

04/10/2011

Brief Description

Leather pouch with five bike repair tools inside.

Materials

leather, metal

Dimensions

14(l) x 8(w) x 2.5(d) cms

Number Of Objects

6

Inscription Description

"THE KEYSTONE BRITISH MAKE" inscribed on one of the tools

Colour

brown, silver

Provenance

April 27-29th. Cycled to Arrocher where I met Creag Dhu lads. Slept at the Shelter Stone rock on Cobbler.
28th. Climbed Cobbler by Jug Handle route and Big Buttress route also Buttress on other peak of Cobbler.
29th. Cycled home by Crianlarich and Loch Earn, met Ernie Blyth at Comrie drum up.
These diary entries were made by George (Scottie ) Dwyer in 1935, and illustrate wonderfully the role bicycles played in mountaineering back in the old days. They are all the more remarkable when you note the distance from Dundee, where Scottie lived, to Arrochar - 95 miles! (150 Kilometeres) Unfortunately, we don't have Scottie's bike or his wee saddle bag, but this one comes from exactly the same era and once belonged to the Boyle family in Glen Roy.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

04/10/2011

Condition Check Date

04/10/2011

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

04/10/2011

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