A 70 mile event that started and finished in front of the Astra Cinema, Kasfareet.The course departed through the main gate at Kasfareet, turned right onto the Treaty Road bounded by numerous military camps and installations. The route then turned right into Fayid, past the Fayid Military Cemetary then right onto the Canal Road returning alongside the Gt Bitter Lake to enter Kasfareet via the east gate for the final straight sprint to the finishing post just past the RC Church.

The Canal Circuit South - 1955

Colin Harrington`s pictures of a race meeting anytime 1953 - 56. Looks like the finish line is outside of the Astra Cinema. Circuit of the South 1955  ? 

Following enquiries by Jack Garry involving Exiles Members John Basell, Les Archer and Colin Harrington,
Les Archer says " in front of me I have a finishing sheet for the Circuit of Canal South. The event was run on Good Friday April 8th 1955. There were 28 competitors. The race was won by " Jock " Horne Abu Sueir CC.
( nb...Colin`s pictures are dated April 1955 )

Plus two further pictures taken by Alwyn York
Here is a confession. Jack Garry has just ponted out to me that these two photographs have been inverted in the enlarger so I am incorrect in saying that the cyclists are going in the opposite direction to those in Colin`s pictures  !!!  Sorry about that. After 50 plus years away from processing, I needed some prints so I set up a temporary and primitive darkroom in my barn and put my hand to enlarging some 35mm negs. Obviously I put these two into the enlarger the wrong way round. Am now looking to see if I can reverse the process on my pc............any suggestions welcome

See below for latest gen

The above taken from in front of the cinema with the main bunch passing the RC Church in the opposite diection to Colin`s pictures, heading toward the Kasfareet  Village bridge

Here Jack has found a way to turn the picture round and it is now clear that he is right, you can see the hills behind El Hamra on the left. Inverting the picture still retains shadowa indicating sun coming over the airfield. I hang my head in shame at my original mistake and will leave my 2 pics on display for a while as a lesson  !! 

And this one with the main pack passing the YMCA once again heading toward the Canal Road

Again, Jack`s edited picture

And could this shot also have been from the same race