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Community => Non-Thorn Related => Topic started by: Andre Jute on October 23, 2026, 01:13:29 AM

Title: Jim Wilson, War Hero & Legendary Bike and Frame Builder
Post by: Andre Jute on October 23, 2026, 01:13:29 AM
Just now appearing on a literary group I run, notice of a biography of war hero and legendary bike builder Jim Wilson in the Sheffield Star:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/indieauthorsinternational/permalink/29028059490166265/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/indieauthorsinternational/permalink/29028059490166265/)
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"He Hath Courage"  World War 2 Hero and Legendary Sheffield bike and frame builder who 'lived the life of 10 men'

Check out the photo of him wearing a military woolly pully and a tie while working on a frame, VOSC (Very Old School Craftsman).

(https://scontent-mrs2-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/854781670_10246994491654591_3173962097672723982_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&cstp=mx2048x1617&ctp=p960x960&_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=aa7b47&_nc_ohc=HqUgFLqa1EIQ7kNvwFJFuEb&_nc_oc=AdpgAnCFxHs26XvGGmG2s2ohIvzxLClde0fJIiwWnVQXviR1Oz0-C1Lw1N7CSJcVxdo&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-mrs2-3.xx&_nc_gid=rY9-nf98o7mDQyj-6StuWg&_nc_ss=7b2a8&oh=00_AQOwRVqkbQTFBk18zbcyqzooLBQfXOyvDQYqka6scJbamw&oe=6AE08CC9)
Title: Re: Jim Wilson, War Hero & Legendary Bike and Frame Builder
Post by: Danneaux on October 23, 2026, 02:15:17 AM
Wonderful, Andre!

More here...
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/society-culture-and-history/history/war-hero-and-legendary-sheffield-bike-builder-who-lived-the-life-of-10-men-remembered-in-new-book/ar-AA22Ke0X

Best, Dan.