This all began in 1980. Nearly 40 years ago

Amazingly, Gerrit Does has kept a detailed chronology of his influential involvement in the introduction of BMX to Europe in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Included on his website is almost a play-by-play of the events that unfolded, complete with scanned documents and period photographs relating the the creation of the Redditch track.

This, along with potential contacts in Julian Hammonds and Geoff Wiles, and my client scouring the Council archives should reveal further pieces of information to populate the timeline.

A fantastic example of a timeline-style site is Lance Stroll’s personal website. The animation really brings it alive and has given me great inspiration for my app.

We’re all creating an archive of our own lives, whether we’re aware of it or not. — Hasan M. Elahi