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100 year old walked, biked, didn't own a car
Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's
birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp |
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Peter Wrote: Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp Well there's a excellent example move or lose it. Wonder what she was riding 80-70 years ago? Hartley? Malvern Star? Speedwell? Local brand, ie: Blackbird? -- cfsmtb |
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cfsmtb wrote:
Peter Wrote: Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp Well there's a excellent example move or lose it. Wonder what she was riding 80-70 years ago? Hartley? Malvern Star? Speedwell? Local brand, ie: Blackbird? My LBS has been operating continuously since the 1930s. On the wall there is a poster for the King's Birthday 50 Mile Handicap, sponsored by the local brand Fields cycles "for the Track or for the Road." There are still a few Fields bikes floating around Mackay, although Malvern Stars were pretty popular during that era. I have a great photo of Mackay's main street in the 1940s where there are very few cars but hundreds of bicycles parked in the centre of the roads. No traffic problems in those days but just as many people travelling. |
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:51:32 +1000, Peter wrote:
Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." So the secret to a long life is to give up cycling when you turn 30! -- Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw |
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"Peter" wrote in message . com.au... cfsmtb wrote: Peter Wrote: Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp Well there's a excellent example move or lose it. Wonder what she was riding 80-70 years ago? Hartley? Malvern Star? Speedwell? Local brand, ie: Blackbird? My LBS has been operating continuously since the 1930s. On the wall there is a poster for the King's Birthday 50 Mile Handicap, sponsored by the local brand Fields cycles "for the Track or for the Road." There are still a few Fields bikes floating around Mackay, although Malvern Stars were pretty popular during that era. I have a great photo of Mackay's main street in the 1940s where there are very few cars but hundreds of bicycles parked in the centre of the roads. No traffic problems in those days but just as many people travelling. Dunno about the "just as many people travelling" bit. What was the population of Mackay in the 1940s? |
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Resound wrote:
"Peter" wrote in message . com.au... cfsmtb wrote: Peter Wrote: Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp Well there's a excellent example move or lose it. Wonder what she was riding 80-70 years ago? Hartley? Malvern Star? Speedwell? Local brand, ie: Blackbird? My LBS has been operating continuously since the 1930s. On the wall there is a poster for the King's Birthday 50 Mile Handicap, sponsored by the local brand Fields cycles "for the Track or for the Road." There are still a few Fields bikes floating around Mackay, although Malvern Stars were pretty popular during that era. I have a great photo of Mackay's main street in the 1940s where there are very few cars but hundreds of bicycles parked in the centre of the roads. No traffic problems in those days but just as many people travelling. Dunno about the "just as many people travelling" bit. What was the population of Mackay in the 1940s? I mean in the main street. There are hundreds of bikes parked but today there are hundreds of cars circulating at lunch time looking for parking spots. |
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Resound Wrote: "Peter" wrote in message . com.au... cfsmtb wrote: Peter Wrote: Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp Well there's a excellent example move or lose it. Wonder what she was riding 80-70 years ago? Hartley? Malvern Star? Speedwell? Local brand, ie: Blackbird? My LBS has been operating continuously since the 1930s. On the wall there is a poster for the King's Birthday 50 Mile Handicap, sponsored by the local brand Fields cycles "for the Track or for the Road." There are still a few Fields bikes floating around Mackay, although Malvern Stars were pretty popular during that era. I have a great photo of Mackay's main street in the 1940s where there are very few cars but hundreds of bicycles parked in the centre of the roads. No traffic problems in those days but just as many people travelling. Dunno about the "just as many people travelling" bit. What was the population of Mackay in the 1940s? The oldest information I can find on the ABS website indicitates the population was ~65 000 people in 1988, compared with ~85 000 for 2006. I can't find anything in the history of the town to indictate there was a population boom in the 1940s. -- SomeGuy |
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Peter Wrote: Resound wrote: "Peter" wrote in message . com.au... cfsmtb wrote: Peter Wrote: Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp Well there's a excellent example move or lose it. Wonder what she was riding 80-70 years ago? Hartley? Malvern Star? Speedwell? Local brand, ie: Blackbird? My LBS has been operating continuously since the 1930s. On the wall there is a poster for the King's Birthday 50 Mile Handicap, sponsored by the local brand Fields cycles "for the Track or for the Road." There are still a few Fields bikes floating around Mackay, although Malvern Stars were pretty popular during that era. I have a great photo of Mackay's main street in the 1940s where there are very few cars but hundreds of bicycles parked in the centre of the roads. No traffic problems in those days but just as many people travelling. Dunno about the "just as many people travelling" bit. What was the population of Mackay in the 1940s? I mean in the main street. There are hundreds of bikes parked but today there are hundreds of cars circulating at lunch time looking for parking spots. Surely larger town means more traffic in the centre of town? -- SomeGuy |
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"SomeGuy" wrote in message ... Resound Wrote: "Peter" wrote in message . com.au... cfsmtb wrote: Peter Wrote: Today's Mackay Daily Mercury reports on 100 year old Mandy Fanning's birthday. Asked what her secret of longevity was, Mandy said ""I have walked a lot in my life, though, I didn't drive a car and I only had a bike when I was in my 20s." http://tinyurl.com/29wvhp Well there's a excellent example move or lose it. Wonder what she was riding 80-70 years ago? Hartley? Malvern Star? Speedwell? Local brand, ie: Blackbird? My LBS has been operating continuously since the 1930s. On the wall there is a poster for the King's Birthday 50 Mile Handicap, sponsored by the local brand Fields cycles "for the Track or for the Road." There are still a few Fields bikes floating around Mackay, although Malvern Stars were pretty popular during that era. I have a great photo of Mackay's main street in the 1940s where there are very few cars but hundreds of bicycles parked in the centre of the roads. No traffic problems in those days but just as many people travelling. Dunno about the "just as many people travelling" bit. What was the population of Mackay in the 1940s? The oldest information I can find on the ABS website indicitates the population was ~65 000 people in 1988, compared with ~85 000 for 2006. I can't find anything in the history of the town to indictate there was a population boom in the 1940s. There was (generally speaking) one in the 50s though. |
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100 year old walked, biked, didn't own a car
Another take, most town centres were actually, town centres, before industry, retail and the population decentralised out to the growing suburban sprawl. Ok the population has increased exponentially in many cases, but for an example, track down photos of street life in the Melbourne CBD pre-WW2. The foot/cycle/PT traffic was incredible in comparison to today, as these were folks sole form of transport. -- cfsmtb |
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