1982-1983 Raleigh Burner (Mark I)
The
following
anecdote comes straight from Ginger Paulo's post on the Raleigh Burner
Forum and it is such a great tale that I just had to share it...
"One of my dad's mates is a Raleigh Dealer (www.cjfrostcycles.co.uk)
and he recalls being hounded in the early 1980's by loads of kids
wanting to know when the Raleigh BMX was being released (something he,
nor any other Raleigh Dealer knew at the time). He phoned
Raleigh and asked whether the rumour that they were introducing a BMX
was true. The guy from Raleigh said NO, they weren't making a
BMX...
they were making SEVEN!
Raleigh may have been late to the party, but they bought some mean gifts
with them..."
Brochures
By the early 80s BMX had been around in the UK for a couple of years,
however Raleigh were slow to adapt (preferring to persevere with their Grifter line).
It took Raleigh until 1982 to jump on the BMX bandwagon (no doubt inspired by the commercial success of E.T.) and the 1983 catalogue saw the last appearance of the Raleigh Grifter.
Browse the pages of those early brochures now!
Home Shopping Catalogues
Before everyone had a "flexible friend" in their pockets you needed a
home shopping catalogue if you were going to purchase on "the never
never..."
The advent of internet shopping and credit cards have sounded the
death knell for catalogue retailing, however you can still relive those
childhood days when you would pour over the pages of the Christmas
Catalogue - right here. Now!
