Stan Grylls – Queensland on a push bike

Marilyn Smith , our Welshpool resident, spoke about her father’s epic bike ride as a 21 year old. He rode his push bike from Victoria to Queensland during the 1930’s depression looking for work.

Stan his bike during epic ride
courtesy Marilyn Smith daughter

Marilyn is well known as the creator of a wonderful collection of ‘antique’ dolls now on display at the museum.

Listen to the introductory remarks from Marilyn’s talk, Crawford Hall, on Tuesday 4th June 2019.