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Title
Sporting Events and Stars cigarette cards
Reference
YA2009.27/2
Production date
1935 - 1935
Scope and Content
Series of cigarette cards containing photographic portraits of sports personalities and events, including: No.15 Belle Vue Speedway Team; No.73 E. W. Higgins (Cyclist); No.88 J. E. Sibbit (Cyclist).
Extent
96 cards
Level of description
FILE
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Higgins, Ernest Wilfred Biography Biography
Ernest Wilfred Higgins, also known as 'Wilf Higgins', was a Mancunian cyclist who competed at the international level in the 1930s. He cycled with the Manchester Wheelers Club. Higgins won a gold medal at the British Empire Games held in Fallowfield in 1934 for his performance in the 1000 yard sprint. He also won London's cycling Grand Prix and, together with D.S. Horn, the Tandem National Championship in 1935.

Subject
Sport
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.