Isleworth, Middlesex.
M/S of Eileen Sheridan at home, sitting in a chair and feeding her baby while her 9-year-old son, Clive, kneels at her feet. Eileen puts the baby back in the cot while commentator tells us she is no ordinary woman; "In addition to her household duties she finds the time to be a champion professional cyclist".
M/S in Eileen's garage as her husband sets a bicycle on a speed testing machine and holds it steady while Eileen gets on and starts to pedal. Various shots of her cycling on the bike as her husband times her.
M/S of Clive sitting on the floor in the house, polishing one of Eileen's silver trophies; several others are spread out on the floor
M/S of Eileen and husband in the garage, as she does some weightlifting - very energetically!
Note: on file is correspondence from Eileen and a news article about her from 'Reveille'.
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- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 20/02/1956
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 1979
- HD Format:
- Available on request
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- Sport & Leisure Entertainment & Humour
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Hetchins says
Eileen Sheridan, a champion cyclist and a very modest lady. The baby shown in the clip is her daughter Louise. Sadly her husband Ken passed away in September 2012 at the grand age of 98.