Well this is just lovely and so quintessentially English!
Alf Tabb (1883 − 1976) was a bicycle shop owner and trick cyclist from Kidderminster, Worcestershire. He is most known for building and riding miniature bicycles.
You can read more about him here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tabb
Here’s a Pathe video from 1938 called, Odd Cycles:
https://youtu.be/kictPZPyeKc
Here’s a Pathe video from 1948 called, Mr Tabb Makes A Bike:
https://youtu.be/3Kqwr2RSDPE
Here’s a Pathe video from 1950 called, Miniature Cycles:
https://youtu.be/LVXvR0wveRE
Here’s a Pathe video from 1958, also called, Miniature Cycles:
https://youtu.be/sO4QGm1AuPc
Here’s a video from the BBC Archive filmed for the TV programme, Nationwide in 1971, showing Alf Tabb at 88 years old riding his tiny bike:
https://youtu.be/prHSvgbdbmA
Here’s a video filmed for ATV Today in 1972, with Chris Tarrant interviewing Alf Tabb:
https://www.macearchive.org/…/atv-today-26071972-trick...
In 2022, the BBC TV series, The Repair Shop, featured one of Alf Tabb’s miniature cycles, which was brought in for restoration by two of Tabb’s granddaughters. I have seen the video before but it’s vanished – deleted or made private!
Here’s a Wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Tabb
