Why the Penny Farthing is once more a frequent sight on …
It was 2013 when Mr Laughton spotted a letter in the pages of Country Life proclaiming a resurgence of interest in the penny-farthing, a device that had begun to slide into insignificance with the advent of the 'safety bicycle' in the 1880s. 'Penny-farthing racing had been a big thing, almost like football is today,' he says.