Argyle - The Glasgow Cycle Company

"The Glasgow Cycle Co." traded from 1906 to 1970. Most of their work seems to have been for export to the colonies specifically India, but also to Brazil, East Africa and the USA mainly for the heavier "trade" end of the bicycle market.

Having not seen many, I guess they jumped on the proverbial post-war "club" sales bandwagon judging by the "Argyle" range offered in the newspaper adverts shown below (dated Feb / Mar 1951).

Later in the same year they also mention another model specifically for the Festival of Britain. It was called the "Campbell of Argyle" ! - judging by the scotsman on the headbadge, cyclings equivalent of Edinburgh rock and Tartan shortbread...

Shown below is an Argyle (frame) thought to date from the 1950s

Photo's courtesy of Malcolm Warden