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Antiques Roadshow guest insists 'it's not going anywhere' after emotional valuation
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned as she was told how much her great-grandfather's collection of cycling badges was worth - but she said it's 'not going anywhere'
Expert Paul Atterbury was on hand during Sunday's episode (September 22) to assess the badges, which belonged to the guest's great-grandfather, a one-armed man who impressively cycled from Swindon to London and back in under nine hours. The guest shared that her ancestor, William Albert Cooper, born in 1888, lost his arm during the First World War but remained an avid road cyclist and was part of the Swindon Wheelers Cycling Club. He marvelled at the thought of a one-armed man covering about 84 miles in nine hours on an old-fashioned bicycle, leaving viewers and the guest wondering, "It's unbelievable.
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