Frame

81109

UntracedLedger: sold

Mrs J. E. Wisdish, 18 Lilac Crescent, Beeston. Headed touring and rough stuff. The ledger has 81109 as Mrs J. E. Wisdish of Beeston.

Ordered: 30-6-81
Tubing: 531 DB frameset
Frame: 20½" touring & rough stuff
Top tube: 21¼"
Angles: 72° / 74° approx, to suit
Forks: 14 7/8" × 2 1/8"
Ends: SunTour G.S.
Chainstays: 17¼"
B/bracket: 10 5/8"
Equipment: 700c & guards, 23½" front centres
Brazed on: Brake eyes, Mafac bridge / Crit brake bosses, pip, tunnel 5 speed
Finish: Pearlised blue as previous, Superbe transfers
Customer: Mrs J. E. Wisdish, Beeston
Signed: S. Standard

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In the book

The same frame in the bound ledger

Through 1982 the workshop kept two records of an order: a line in the bound book, and the printed sheet above. Both give this frame the same number and the same date. The book is the shorter of the two and the only one written in the shop itself.

The page in the bound ledger recording frame 81109 — Bound ledger

As written

The page, line by line

Transcribed as it appears, including the abbreviations. Underlining and the red pencil struck across the job are on the sheet itself.

531 D.B. Frameset
Frame No 81109
700C & GUARDS
20½" TOURING & ROUGH STUFF
ANGLES TO SUIT. (72° 74° APPROX)    21¼" T.T.    23½ FRONT CENTRES
REAR    17¼
FORKS    14 7/8" × 2 1/8"
ENDS    SUNTOUR G.S.
B/BKT    10 5/8"
BRAKES    MAFAC CRIT (BRAZED ON BOSSES)
BRAZED ON:- BRAKE EYES, MAFAC BRIDGE / CRIT BRAKE
BOSSES, PIP. TUNNEL 5 SPEED
FINISH    Pearlised Blue as previous.
30-6-81
SUPERBE TRANS.
SOLD
CUSTOMER    Mrs J. E. Wisdish, Beeston, Nottm.
S. Standard