Holdsworth 1931 Advertisement — Comfort Suits & Club Girl’s Rationals

Cycling, 3 April 1931.
— Advertisement —
“JUST AS GOOD”—NEVER IS!
Be sure that you get HOLDSWORTH’S—They are dependable
COMFORT SUITS and CLUB GIRL’S RATIONALS
LOOK SMART and FEEL COMFORTABLE.
You will be delighted with the new ranges of materials for this season’s suits.
You can place your order confident that not only will the suit look and wear well but that it will be the most comfortable cycling wear you have ever had.
Drop me a post card now for pattern-bunches, simple self-measurement form with specially drawn diagrams, and tape-measure—no obligation to order, of course, but if you do, Holdsworth guarantees the fit. You can have your money back if you are not completely satisfied.
Ladies will be especially interested in the Three-piece Suits consisting of Jacket, Shorts and Wrap-over Skirt. Gabardine .. .. 46/11 Tweeds .. .. 55/- Berwick Tweeds .. 72/6
Gentlemen should note that we make Shorts in the same Tweed as your Suit, also Trousers, Waistcoats and Caps. Suits with Jacket, Plus Fours and Shorts. Popular, 56/- Standard, 59/6 Ascot, 65/6
HERE ARE TWO SHOES with the popular TURN-OVER TONGUE
ROSSITER HANDMADE 17/6
Made to measure 2/6 extra.
You can invest in this shoe with the certainty that you are getting the best racing and club riding shoe. Handmade from first class materials, it served Rossiter well throughout his gruelling 1,000-mile record. It will serve you well for many a mile. Tan with black trimmings or vice versa.
ROADWORTHY in either—BROWN SUEDE or TAN CALF 12/11
Sturdy, well-made shoe, built on a last which gives ample room at the toes. The fashionable flap tongue is carefully cut so as to be correct. In Brown Suede, the shoe tones well with a plus four outfit. The Roadworthy in fine Tan calf conforms to the tastes of those who prefer a more usual shoe.
IS YOUR Touring Bag WET PROOF? DUST PROOF?
HOLDSWORTH’S VORTEX ATTACHMENT.
Patent Office’s Registered No. 733952.
MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE for a drop of rain or a speck of dust to reach contents. Simply pack the bag, draw cord, and strap down top of bag.
Fitted to HOLDSWORTH’S Touring Bags.
8/11 STAR TWILL BAG.
12 x 8 x 5 in.
Two pouches. 8 x 5 x 1½ in. Leather patch at back, base and 1 in. up front. Saddle straps pass around cape stiffener—impossible to break away. Cape straps.
VORTEX Fitting.
SPECIAL TWILL BAG, 10 x 8 x 5 Vortex. 5/6
XXX LEATHERETTE BAG, 10 x 8 x 5 Vortex. 6/6
RACING KIT.
RACING JACKETS.
SILK ALPACA. First-class article .. 12/6
BLACK—three pockets. Very well cut and made .. .. .. .. .. 8/3
POPULAR. Really Extra Value .. .. 6/11
TIGHTS.
Hand-made WORSTED. Fully fashioned to fit leg well .. .. .. 15/6
Double-seated “The Best.”
Mixture WOOL and COTTON. Warmth and Wear. Double-seated .. .. 10/6
Heavyweight COTTON. Double-seated 5/-
Light COTTON. Marvellous value .. 2/11
RACING SHORTS.
Heavyweight COTTON. Double-seated. Elastic at waist, well cut .. .. .. 3/3
Light COTTON. Double seat as above 2/6
Best Black WOOL. Double seat. Elastic waist .. .. .. .. .. 6/11
PATH VESTS.
WHITE—with coloured band round Chest and Arms, Black, Scarlet, Navy, Sky Blue, Green or Gold .. .. .. .. 3/11
WHITE or BLACK, Trimmed neck and ½-sleeves, Blue, Scarlet, Gold, Sky, etc. 2/11
Plain BLACK, SKY, WHITE, SCARLET 2/3
ANY TUBULAR SENT PROMPTLY.
(But please do not forget to quote size.)
W. F. HOLDSWORTH
Write 121, Lennard Road, BECKENHAM, Kent
‘Phone: 4461 Sydenham
EVERYTHING post free
CALL AT
5, Thesiger Road, PENGE, S.E.20 (Continuation Green Lane).
185, Markhouse Road, WALTHAMSTOW, E.17.
132, Lower Richmond Road, PUTNEY, S.W.15 (Nr. Putney Bridge).
[The woman in the Habit style Rational by her Cyclists’ Teas signpost stands at the upper left, and a man in a cap, jacket and plus fours poses by a signpost at the upper right with a second figure behind him. The Rossiter and Roadworthy shoes face each other across the shoe band, the Vortex fitting is drawn as an open bag showing its drawcord lining and a touring bag with a rolled cape strapped to its top sits at the lower left.]