Efficiency has changed because of knowledge and technology.. Beryl started racing after meeting husband Charlie Burton, a cycle club member, at the clothing manufacturing firm in Leeds where she worked aged 16. Charlie says: For the first few months I used to have to sometimes physically push her along because she kept dropping back. Calendar's Legends of Cycling #1: Beryl Burton - ITVX It wasnt just the glory of it. Russia launches pre-dawn missile attack on Ukraine, MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo dies, Air strikes pound Sudan capital as truce extended. "I'd never heard of her," says Maxine Peake, the actress who is best known for the TV shows Shameless, Silk and The Village. The good, the bad and the ugly. Beryl Burton Film - Calendar Summer Sport Special, 1986 Jonny Greenwood 730 subscribers Subscribe 298 26K views 6 years ago A personal portrait of British cycling legend, Beryl Burton,. You have an outstanding group of short- and middle-distance time-trialling champions and record holders like Simmonds, Yvonne McGregor, Dame Sarah Storey and Wendy Houvenaghel but then also some excellent new long-distance specialists at 100 miles and above, led by Alice Lethbridge, Joanna Patterson and Christina Murray. The list of third parties can be found here. Watching them all pass, there is a lady wheeling behind. This story about the great Beryl Burton was written in 1985. The inaugural Tour de Yorkshire Cycletta will feature the daughter of Beryl Burton OBE after Denise Burton-Cole, herself a top-level cyclist, confirmed . When Denise was only 14, she was nominated for a position on the British national cycling team. Beryl Burton granted Freedom of the City of Leeds The first of Chris Dawkes' special reports features Beryl Burton, who dominated women's cycling in the 1960s. Beryl (West Yorkshire Playhouse) | WhatsOnStage She lobbied for a place in both teams but was ultimately not selected. Three years later the result was reversed and Beryl declined to shake her daughters hand on the podium. From the late 1950s to the 1980s, she won seven world championship titles and 96 domestic honours. Beryl, a play written by Maxine Peake, opened last night at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds as part of a series of events connected to the Tour de France's visit.