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Sale, Cheshire (now part of Greater Manchester).
Various shots of the Sykes family riding around town in four person pedal car. Mr. Sykes made the car from bicycle scrap and ply wood. We see Mr. Sykes take his wife to the shops in the car, the two children sit in the back. Mr. Sykes built the pedal car when petrol rationing stopped him using his usual car.
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