The Raleigh Factory: How Britain’s Bicycle Giant Went From 2 Million Bikes a Year to Nothing

1848: Frank Bowden born Exeter, 1885 physician gave six months live prescribed cycling South of France. 1887: recovered health purchased bicycle Woodhead Angois Ellis Raleigh Street Nottingham. December 1888: founded Raleigh Company two thousand pounds investment, 1896 largest bicycle manufacturer world. 1902: founded Sturmey-Archer subsidiary internal gear hub three-speed democratized cycling. 1913: employed one thousand seven hundred workers sixty thousand cycles year, 1915 Bowden received baronetcy war munitions production. 1951: produced over one million cycles Prince Philip opened expansion, 1979 capacity two million bicycles annually twelve thousand workers. 1960s-1970s: refused borrow capital build modern facilities, competitors invested billions automated breweries factories. 1987: Derby International purchased Raleigh eighteen million pounds, 1999 sold Sturmey-Archer thirty pounds avoided redundancy payments. November 28, 2002: Nottingham manufacturing ended three afternoon one hundred sixteen years, 2012 Accell Group acquired brand sixty million euros. Today: Raleigh bicycles designed Eastwood manufactured Asia, Nottingham factory demolished Jubilee Campus University, Howitt Building listed Grade II four hundred thousandth English heritage building.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh_Bicycle_Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Bowden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmey-Archer
https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/
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