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.
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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Downs Hotel
Hackney Citizen 25 June 2014 gives the history of the club and explains "A co...
Chain of bars, public houses and hotels founded by Tim Martin.
Chairman of the Smithfield Markets Committee, 1888.
Accountant. Son of Edwin Waterhouse. Entered Price Waterhouse in 1899 and rose to senior partner. Knighted 1920 for his service in WW1, in which, due to an injured knee he worked in the War Office....
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