Welcome to the Charlie Chadwick website.
My Son, Alistair (Joe) and I are pleased to launch this website in conjunction with the publication by the Veteran Cycle Club of a book containing excerpts from the pre-war diaries of Charlie Chadwick, a Bolton cyclist.
Born in 1904 Charlie started to record all his cycling trips in 1922 at the age of 17 and over the next decade his literary and artistic skills developed to a very high standard. His illustrated Journals are an absolute pleasure to read, interlaced with personal and humorous interludes awheel on his bicycle.
Hidden away in his loft these journals only came to light in comparatively recent times and it is our pleasure to share this small selection of them with you. I first met Charlie in the 1950’s, but never a word did he say about his Journals from before the war. Charlie died in 1968, his secret still safe.
The Book, No 2, published under the Cycling History label of the Veteran Cycle Club contains many of Charlie’s wonderfully executed drawings and the accompanying narrative is a joy to read.
We have now produced a detailed plan to publish much more of Charlie’s archive through regular weekly updates on this site so stop by regularly or better still follow @CharlieChadwick on Twitter to keep up to date with all of the developments happening on the site.
