A MEMORABLE pleasure during my cycling days was visiting the Jack Taylor workshop at Church Road, Stockton, to buy lightweight parts for my bicycle.

The brothers were always welcoming and helpful in meeting my needs, and were always ready to order any parts that were not readily available.

During these visits I also watched them at work on bicycles and tandems ordered for export to various countries of the world.

Jack was the frame man, Ken the wheel constructor and Norman was the welder and trade representative for the business.

I was amazed how easily they carried out their different functions with great attention to detail.

They also had a strict rule of time for tea breaks, and once, when in Stockton with my mother, I asked her to come with me to meet the brothers and they shared their tea break of biscuits and tea with us.

Needless to say, Mam was most pleased to have met them.

They were exceptional craftsmen in the art of cycle manufacture.

GH Grieveson, Richmond