Slide rule used by Johnny Berry

Slide rule used by Rusholme bicycle frame builder Johnny Berry

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Slide rule used by Rusholme bicycle frame builder Johnny Berry
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Slide rule used by Rusholme bicycle frame builder Johnny Berry

Johnny Berry was the team mechanic at the 1948 Olympic Games, and a Manchester frame-builder of great national and international reputation. He was an avid cyclist and an active member of the Manchester Wheelers. His shop was a well-known sight in Rusholme where for 28 years where Berry built and refined his bike designs in the workshop at the back.

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Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
Y2011.6.6.1
type:
slide rule
credit:
Mr Gordon Blaikie