Place    From 1863 

Downs Hotel

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.

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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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