his picture first appeared in the May 24, 1923, edition of , with the caption: “Pa Cowley (Coventry Victor) at the Woodhead Hill Climb. He is 58 years old.” The image was used again, in November 11, 1977, by Bob Currie, and with a little detail added: “Pa Cowley and his daughter Dot were well known competitors in northern events in the early 1920s and here we see him at the start of a timed hill climb at Heyden Bridge, Holme Moss,
