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Wheels of desire: the return of the Pashley - Independent Online Edition > This Britain |
 | | There is nothing Williams cannot tell you about Pashley cycles, from its inception in 1926 under the guidance of a First World War dispatch rider, W R Pashley, to its third-generation financial difficulties, to the management buy-out Mr Williams himself spearheaded 12 years ago. |
 | | Domino's Pizza, a recent convert to Pashley, was, perhaps, a little hasty in choosing red for the colour of their work-bikes; the police came knocking at their headquarters, convinced they had stolen the bicycles from the Royal Mail. |
 | | Despite the financial importance of the work-bikes to Pashley's survival, the classics are the pride of the fleet. |
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