April 1922 must have been the Year of the Chain !  Almost every week a chain (which is rather fundamental to the operation of a bicycle) is giving trouble.  I think a lot of the problems were connected to the lack of an agreed standard for bicycle chains, not all bikes were the same, many of the designers were able to follow their own ideas, and why not, but when you break down, it can cause a lot of problems.  At least Charlie seems to have been able to replace his chain without causing financial upset !

The village described in this piece is Lymm, a very pretty village and well worth a visit and which does indeed have a village square hard by a rather steep canal bridge.