Roper's "velocipede" arrived in 1869. The hickory-framed bicycle powered by a twin-cylinder steam boiler was operated by twisting a throttle mounted to the handlebar — a convention so pure it persists ...

Local history columnist Lesley Dunlop explains why bicycle entrepreneur Richard Ellis became an important figure in Watford's motoring history.

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