40th anniversary [2017]
- Exhibition dates and venues [pdf]
- Various tweets at hashtag #Spokes40
- Bulletin 128 … Centre Page supplement including 1977-2017 Spokes bikeography
- Exhibition boards [pdf] … Intro 1977-1986 1987-1996 1997-2006 2007-present future (2027?)
- Slide presentation
- Videos video1, the past video2, elements of the present video3, wishes for the future
- Oct 16 Helpers thank-you event, pictures by… Martin Scott
- Oct 24 Council Reception Video of speeches [click the cogwheel at bottom of screen to select higher definition] Adam McVey speech – transcript Dave du Feu speech – slides Group photo [see main article for names]. A few more photos at #Spokes40.
30th anniversary [2007]
Bulletin 98 – see centre page feature
Spokesworker 22.10.07 – contains a few additional historic photos
Poster “30 Years of Toil and Triumph” [pdf] – includes interesting panel on campaigning lessons and tactics
10th anniversary [1987]
Bulletin 33 – centre page anniversary feature
Other Spokes history sources
See our Spokes Bulletins page. All issues are online from issue 89 onwards (2004), and few earlier issues. However there is also a full set of page 1’s covering issues 1-100.
See also our Spokes Maps, History section. This includes comprehensive articles describing the history of the Edinburgh and the Lothians Spokes maps.
Year-by-year description 1991-2001 [doc] largely extracted from Bulletins
Ancient graphics
Probably the first ever Spokes badge [Spokes was based at Ainslie Place for max 2 or 3 years from our origins in 1977]
Early Spokes cartoons, mainly by Jerry Neville
Early Spokes badges, adapted from JN cartoons by DdF, using ‘Letraset’
Ancient pictures
[Ross Hendry] Spokes events/rides 1985-86 Includes political rallies, lock-smashing contest, cycling games…
[Ross Hendry] Spokes Weekend rallies & rides, 1985-1992 Mainly social events
Ancient documents [1970s and early 80s]
Please remember the totally different context to the present day. These campaigns were at a time when only 1% of Edinburgh commuting was by bike, cycling as a means of urban transport was widely considered rather eccentric and outdated, and until the then recent formation of Spokes the Council’s transport strategy documents had failed even to mention cycling.
- 8303 Meadows Cycleway opens Photo [Cllr Gorrie with glasses] Spokes Bulletin 18, page1.
- 8102 Rails to Trails Spokes report Campaign to encourage the Regional Council to convert the disused rail network into cycle/walkways
- 7902 Bristo Square Campaign to permit cycling UniSpokes leaflet [pdf]
- 7806 Campaign for Meadows Cycleway – Spokes report to Council [pdf from scan] Campaign flyer [pdf] Spokes exhibition at Meadows [photo: Left.. Meadows campaign organiser David Bellos; Centre.. Cllr Bob Cairns with Dave du Feu behind; Right.. Cllr Donald Gorrie].
- 7804/05 Spokes Bulletins no.1 no.2 For more Spokes Bulletins, and the front pages of issues 1-100, see our Bulletins page.
Old website
Unfortunately the links below no longer work, but retained here in case we can revive them at some point.
[up to 2003] http://www.spokes.org.uk/oldsite
[up to 2004] http://www.spokes.org.uk/oldsite/index.htm
Note – some of the icons in the left column do work – the ones at the bottom of the page don’t.
Old links…
http://www.spokes.org.uk/oldsite/links.htm
http://www.spokes.org.uk/oldsite/links2.htm
Old Safe Routes to School…
http://www.spokes.org.uk/
http://www.spokes.org.uk/
