Women Tagged 'Cyclist'

Stewart, Mary – Road and track cyclist

Posted on November 10th, 2012 · Posted in Further Footsteps

Mary was a member of Heatherbell Ladies’ Cycling Club, the first ladies’ club in Scotland.  The club had between 40 and 50 members and they wore green tops with purple and yellow bands ‘to look like heather’. Club members were… read more

Wood Soutar or Allen, Janet (Jenny) – cyclist, marathon runner

Posted on November 11th, 2012 · Posted in Uncategorized

Jenny was born in Brown Constable Street, Dundee, later living in the Blackness area. One of six children, she won a scholarship to Harris Academy, but family circumstances forced her to leave school at 14. All her life she wished… read more