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Mesnes Park Criterium
Mesnes Park Criterium
Photo: Jon Kirkwood
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Item #: 34245
Cycling circuit race around Mesnes Park, Wigan about 1984

Comment by: James Hanson on 6th February 2023 at 14:05

I remember it well.
It was won by a cyclist from Ashton named Johnny Picton, riding a Jim Soens.
Neither Tom Plum or Mick Byrne were in the results.

Comment by: Cyril on 7th February 2023 at 12:51

Was that when 'The Milk Race' came to Wigan? If so I drew the short straw of delivering equipment etc., to a display tent there, in fact there were lots of tents and marquees and reminded me of the Summer Shows of years earlier.

Tom Plum and Mick Byrne would at the time be having adult proficiency lessons to ride bikes and still have had stabilisers on their tricycles.

I'd probably need a trike with stabilisers now, I've no balance.

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