1971: 88-year-old ALF TABB on his TINY BIKE | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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Nationwide reporter St John Howell meets sprightly octogenarian Alfred Tabb, a trick cyclist whose skill at riding miniature bicycles remains unparalleled, even as he approaches his tenth decade.
Originally broadcast 14 October, 1971.
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You don’t get wholesome stories like this anymore
he died in 1976 aged 93
A British gem. Seems the further back you go the better the characters you had.
@whi5tler_1337
2 жыл бұрын
@scienceandhiphop2011 _FFS... really_ 😡
@DenkyManner
2 жыл бұрын
it does seem like that. Maybe they still exist but are ignored?
@3ggg334
2 жыл бұрын
@@DenkyManner your probably right, it's not popular now if your not "discovered" by TV shows.
@TBOTSS
2 жыл бұрын
@scienceandhiphop2011 1930s Germany was in the UK?
Amazing to think this man was born in 1883!
@swaneknoctic9555
2 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1980. Is this also amazing?
@andydixon2980
2 жыл бұрын
@@swaneknoctic9555 Can you ride a teeny weeny bike tho?
@swaneknoctic9555
2 жыл бұрын
@@andydixon2980 I’ve never tried :)
@paulcalvert8105
2 жыл бұрын
2 years before, back the future 3
@swaneknoctic9555
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulcalvert8105 Back to the Future 3 is from 1990.
Bless him, so happy riding his little bike!
He lived till he was 93 (1976) and held the record for riding a 12 inch cycle the furthest for over 40 years
Can't beat an old fashioned british eccentric. Where have they all gone?
@tristanthomas5006
2 жыл бұрын
Jimmy So-vile gave them a bad name.
This season of “The Repair Shop” which is a British show, just had this exact bike on (the bigger one) and they restored it for his grand daughter’s. Wow, too cool to see this now. The show can be found on Discovery+ in the U.S. He passed away in 1976.
@Togidubnus
2 жыл бұрын
I'd have liked to have seen how he made these tiny bikes. I don't suppose many of the components could be obtained off--the-shelf. I'd far rather that than have to sit through The Repair Shop, which is execrable.
@supernoodles91
Жыл бұрын
I've literally just watched it, that's why I googled Tabbs Mini Cycles!
pure talent!
this has made my day
The lost art of English eccentrism
bless him!
Easily one of the best things I've ever seen in my life. Pure joy.
Stuff like this used to be on the local TV news. It's all the same dire blueprint now for all the stations across the UK itv included.
How the life was simple for that Victorian era guy ? I can only loathe my life.
That’s what I look like on my Brompton!
things and changes he must have seen is what we all say, but this guy just loves a bike ride 😂🙏
All Brits, especially the elderly ones, are always so charming.
God, I remember this from when I was young!
Good old chap!!
He was a Victorian
Future of gravel bikes right there...
I wonder how he might have reacted to know that 45 years later, thousands of people from the future would be appreciating his hobby via this broadcast.And doing so on technology he could only dream of, or perhaps even seem like magic in it's own right.
@anthonybradley1555
Жыл бұрын
i think he would have been honored and probably said "people still remembering an old duffer like me!"
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Bleedin' 'ipsters.
Wasn't he approaching his tenth decade?
@BBCArchive
2 жыл бұрын
Good point!
@meh3247
2 жыл бұрын
@@BBCArchive Thanks for letting me know what you think a good point is.
Some pedal overlap on the front wheel.
He started riding a year before the Jack the Ripper murders…
Hahahaha 😂
😂😂😂
they dont make em like this anymore
Lmao
Should've had theme tune added "I like to ride my bycycle " by Queen 🚲😁
@BBCArchive
2 жыл бұрын
Alas, that song wasn't released for another 7 years.
@pSynrg303
2 жыл бұрын
Good grief no! I think every single regional BBC news article that even remotely glanced at a bike had this god-awful tune over the top!
@scotttait2197
2 жыл бұрын
@@BBCArchive and a further 2 years after Mr Tabb passed away (aged 93 in 1976)
Alf would be 140 years old if he's still with us...
Wonder what Alf's pronouns were
@DenkyManner
2 жыл бұрын
Calm down, Mussolini.
Back before the BBC became a pure propaganda channel.
Someone show this to Joe Biden