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Important notice: No 239 March 2025
Some or maybe all of our members may have noticed that the white envelope the most recent Heron came in was damaged. This appears to be fairly uniform in the sense that both sides appear to have split open along with a portion of the top. We
know of some envelopes that have arrived with members with the Heron missing entirely. If you have either not received the most recent Heron or, it has arrived but the envelope was damaged please let your editor know at
raleigheditor1933@gmail.com
We are working with the printers to find out what has happened. From what I can tell the envelope is so tight to the journal that it is breaking the seam on the envelope. Whatever the reason, it is
important for our members to know that we (your committee) are aware of the issue and are trying to resolve the problem. For all those who have not received a Heron please let me know at the above email address and I will get the printers to dispatch another copy to you.
Peter Hamilton-Giles
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Where is it now?
13/04/2023
Pictures of the Bristol Show
In the Gallery section
New Parts available from the Raleigh Club 13/02/2022
Family Photos
In addition I've attached another picture I found in the same pile of photos of an unidentified person on a Nottingham-registered Model 21 (I am pretty sure of this).
Any more information or help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Andrew"
Roma Update
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So I believe it’s probably one of the first few batches I would imagine !!
It all seems very original, so I am going to do the minimal restoration to keep it as original as possible !"
Fancy a brand new Raleigh Motorbike?
They are using the Raleigh name/branding under license, however those products are not Raleigh UK's products and hold no resemblance to Raleigh UK."
Roma, Roma, wherefore art thou Roma.
Another far away van.
This cool 1948 Reliant three-wheeled van has recently been restored at Auckland’s MOTAT museum. Originally a delivery van for Sandringham Paints and Papers, the Reliant was a familiar sight in the area for more than 20 years, until its donation to MOTAT in 1973. After several years in storage, restoration began under the leadership of Ken Ramsay, and was completed by another volunteer when Ken fell ill. Although the Reliant arrived at MOTAT sporting turquoise livery, research judged it the work of 1960-70s paint job so the colour was reverted as close to its 1950s appearance as possible – including the image of a Resene paint can!"
Thanks to ‘Habitat by Resene’ for the story/lead, and Ken Ramsey for the top photo.
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Reliant delivery van in Hong Kong
- a social history?
Club Secretary Mick Sleap passed away recently.
It is with deep sadness that we have to announce the passing of Club Secretary Mick, after a short illness.
Mick had been a stalwart of the club for many years, holding many Officers posts in that time and helping owners with spares, advice and machine dating over the years, a more detailed obituary will be in the next Newsletter.
In the meantime if you have any queries regarding spares, dating certificates or any of the other things that Mick carried out, please contact myself or Tony and not Mick’s wife Teresa. With the present problems, this may take some,time so please bear with us.
Hope you are all keeping well and busy.
Thank you
Dave Comber and Tony Eyre
31/3/20
Raleigh baker's delivery van - a social history
Raleigh Motorbikes at VMCC Kings Lynn in July 2019
