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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.
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...
Here's a video filmed this year in 2022 from the BBC TV series, The Repair Shop. One of Alf Tabb's miniature cycles was brought in for restoration by two of Tabb's granddaughters:
https://archive.org/…/The_Repair_Shop_Series_6_-_06...
en.m.wikipedia.org
Alf Tabb – Wikipedia
Alf Tabb (March 1883 − 1976) was a bicycle shop owner and trick cyclist from Kidderminster, Worcestershire. He is most known for building and riding miniature bicycles.
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...
Here's a video filmed this year in 2022 from the BBC TV series, The Repair Shop. One of Alf Tabb's miniature cycles was brought in for restoration by two of Tabb's granddaughters:
https://archive.org/…/The_Repair_Shop_Series_6_-_06...
en.m.wikipedia.org
Alf Tabb – Wikipedia
Alf Tabb (March 1883 − 1976) was a bicycle shop owner and trick cyclist from Kidderminster, Worcestershire. He is most known for building and riding miniature bicycles.
