Roger Rhoten, who has devoted much of his adult life to the preservation and enhancement of the historic Sebastiani Theatre, ...

A nostalgic sight turned heads recently as a lad was seen riding a penny-farthing, the iconic high-wheel bicycle that once ...

The penny-farthing is instantly recognizable. It has two wheels. The front wheel is typically around 1.5 metres in diameter. The rear wheel is a fraction of that. Though uncomfortable and unsafe, ...

As Penny Farthing prepares for its first year anniversary in September, the partners couldn’t be happier. “We always say that we’re sisters from another mister,” Sowerby said.

British fund-raiser Lloyd Scott has finished a 50-day ride across Australia on a penny farthing cycle to raise money for child leukaemia sufferers. The 43-year-old, from Rainham, Essex, who recovered ...

By an act of government, Britons last week spent their last farthing. When it was first minted back in 1279, a farthing could buy a whole chicken or a pound of beef. Its name dates even earlier, to ...

So, the British Motor Corporation gamely threw away all of the bodywork (not as if it was bulletproof or even light breeze-proof anyway) and jacked the ride height up a bit.

Folks, the penny-farthing was invented in 1871 by British Engineer James Starley, so it makes sense for London to be the place where all this Guinness World Record action takes place.

From British Pathé, a short film clip from 1928 of men racing on penny farthing bikes. See also clips from 1936 and 1937 races. Most of the crowd seems to have come to see them fall off, but in the ...