{"id":4909,"date":"2018-07-04T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T03:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2018-07-04T13:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T03:35:32","slug":"five-ways-to-remember-borrowed-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909","title":{"rendered":"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

That Niminski boy \u2013 he was a boy then, might be older than me now \u2013 looks it anyway \u2013 I saw him in the street. At least he was in the street and I was in the tram \u2013 which was a good thing because once I borrowed his bicycle and because his old man made those smelly cigars(1)<\/em>, he could, or his old man could, afford one.<\/p>\n

Now that you have a bike of your own it has all come back to me.<\/p>\n

I borrowed my first ride from Andrew but he didn\u2019t know and when I returned the bike he didn\u2019t know even then. I did hear he was looking for a bike beginner with abrasions. As I was going to school in knickerbockers at the time he never found him.<\/p>\n

I still don\u2019t know, that after all these thirty odd years I should not have been bold enough to whistle to him from my seat in a fast going Dulwich Hill tram.<\/p>\n

[W.E. Pidgeon c.1956]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Graham Pidgeon in the laneway at Northwood, with his new Speedwell bike, possibly for his 12th birthday, c.1 July 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Notes:<\/h6>\n
    \n
  1. Albert Niminski, Cigarette Manufacturer, 15 McDonald Street; 1926 Sydney Sands Directory<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    That Niminski boy \u2013 he was a boy then, might be older than me now \u2013 looks it anyway \u2013 I saw him in the street. At least he was in the street and I was in the tram \u2013 which was a good thing because once I borrowed his bicycle and because his old … <\/p>\n

    Continue reading “Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2015],"tags":[2043,2045,2047,2048,2016,1016,2044,30,2046],"class_list":["post-4909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-five-ways-to-remember","tag-albert-niminski","tag-andrew-niminski","tag-cigarette-manufacturer","tag-dulwich-hill-tram","tag-five-ways","tag-graham-pidgeon","tag-mcdonald-street","tag-paddington","tag-speedwell-bike"],"yoast_head":"\nFive Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike - Pidgeon Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike - Pidgeon Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"That Niminski boy \u2013 he was a boy then, might be older than me now \u2013 looks it anyway \u2013 I saw him in the street. At least he was in the street and I was in the tram \u2013 which was a good thing because once I borrowed his bicycle and because his old … Continue reading "Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pidgeon Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-04T03:32:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-04T03:35:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pidgeoncoop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Pidgeoncoop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pidgeoncoop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pidgeoncoop\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pidgeoncoop\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/246f1974f865764002ab2fa6cf4f22a8\"},\"headline\":\"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-04T03:32:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-04T03:35:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909\"},\"wordCount\":212,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Albert Niminski\",\"Andrew Niminski\",\"Cigarette Manufacturer\",\"Dulwich Hill Tram\",\"Five Ways\",\"Graham Pidgeon\",\"McDonald Street\",\"Paddington\",\"Speedwell Bike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Five Ways to Remember\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909\",\"name\":\"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike - Pidgeon Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-07-04T03:32:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-07-04T03:35:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/246f1974f865764002ab2fa6cf4f22a8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/07\\\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?p=4909#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pidgeon Post\",\"description\":\"An insight into the life of Australian artist, Bill Pidgeon (Wep) 1909 - 1981\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wepidgeon.com\\\/pidgeonpost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/246f1974f865764002ab2fa6cf4f22a8\",\"name\":\"Pidgeoncoop\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/708e5b219a8b84395ac726dc6e821e975d768122c7f529a3eb1586b0e973bf6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/708e5b219a8b84395ac726dc6e821e975d768122c7f529a3eb1586b0e973bf6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/708e5b219a8b84395ac726dc6e821e975d768122c7f529a3eb1586b0e973bf6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pidgeoncoop\"},\"description\":\"http:\\\/\\\/au.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/peterpidgeon\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.wepidgeon.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike - Pidgeon Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike - Pidgeon Post","og_description":"That Niminski boy \u2013 he was a boy then, might be older than me now \u2013 looks it anyway \u2013 I saw him in the street. At least he was in the street and I was in the tram \u2013 which was a good thing because once I borrowed his bicycle and because his old … Continue reading \"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike\"","og_url":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909","og_site_name":"Pidgeon Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/","article_published_time":"2018-07-04T03:32:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-07-04T03:35:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Pidgeoncoop","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Pidgeoncoop","twitter_site":"@Pidgeoncoop","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pidgeoncoop","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909"},"author":{"name":"Pidgeoncoop","@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/#\/schema\/person\/246f1974f865764002ab2fa6cf4f22a8"},"headline":"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike","datePublished":"2018-07-04T03:32:53+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-04T03:35:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909"},"wordCount":212,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg","keywords":["Albert Niminski","Andrew Niminski","Cigarette Manufacturer","Dulwich Hill Tram","Five Ways","Graham Pidgeon","McDonald Street","Paddington","Speedwell Bike"],"articleSection":["Five Ways to Remember"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909","url":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909","name":"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike - Pidgeon Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg","datePublished":"2018-07-04T03:32:53+00:00","dateModified":"2018-07-04T03:35:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/#\/schema\/person\/246f1974f865764002ab2fa6cf4f22a8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1956-120-NEG-1_001.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?p=4909#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Five Ways to Remember: Borrowed Bike"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/","name":"Pidgeon Post","description":"An insight into the life of Australian artist, Bill Pidgeon (Wep) 1909 - 1981","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/#\/schema\/person\/246f1974f865764002ab2fa6cf4f22a8","name":"Pidgeoncoop","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/708e5b219a8b84395ac726dc6e821e975d768122c7f529a3eb1586b0e973bf6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/708e5b219a8b84395ac726dc6e821e975d768122c7f529a3eb1586b0e973bf6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/708e5b219a8b84395ac726dc6e821e975d768122c7f529a3eb1586b0e973bf6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Pidgeoncoop"},"description":"http:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/in\/peterpidgeon","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.wepidgeon.com"]}]}},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7VxqO-1hb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4909"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4914,"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909\/revisions\/4914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepidgeon.com\/pidgeonpost\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}