The Spring of 1902 saw the first motor-bicycle built in Waterford city on display at Co.
Armagh-native William J. Cordner’s premises.
An enterprising figure, Cordner began his cycle warehouse in the city on Henrietta Street in 1898.
However, by the time he left Waterford by the mid-1920s, sold a range of sporting equipment, electrical goods as well as gramophones and records.
How much did a sinister event attacking his business in the early 1920s led to his departure from the city in which he had become so well-established?
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