J. B. Priestley’s Hedge

Steve Newman Writer
Sep 5, 2018 · 3 min read
J. B. Priestley. Source: famouspeople

In 1963, I used to work in Stratford, cycling there and back everyday. It was a good bike, a Jack Taylor lightweight racer in sky blue, with drop handle bars, a cotterless chain set (very trendy back then), very thin tyres, and a very thin, hard saddle. I loved it. Out of necessity it had a small saddle bag into which I crammed a rain cape, sandwiches and whatever book I was reading at the time, which, in the early summer of 1963 was J. B…

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