The Pickwick Bicycle Club was founded here on 22 June 1870. At that first meeting, it was decided that the Downs Hotel should be the general rendezvous for bi-weekly excursions on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Closed in 2007, now residential.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Downs Hotel
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Pickwick Bicycle Club
Hackney Citizen 25 June 2014 gives the history of the club and explains "A co...
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1 memorial
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1 memorial
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1 memorial
Henry Lowenfeld
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1 memorial
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