Gas masked children play on their three wheeled bikes during the Second World War. Most children during the forties and fifties will remember these bikes, they survived generations! They were close to impossible to pedal with the fixed pedals on the front wheel. Most children would scoot along. Riding downhill risked bruised ankles as the pedals whizzed round!

David Kindred

David Kindred has worked in professional photography for over forty years. For most of his career he was a staff photographer with the East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star based in Ipswich. David is the author of several books of photographs from his collection of vintage images. David was born in Ipswich in 1946. He still lives in the town today.

 

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