In Huddersgate, near where Stanley Bagshaw, lives there is a factory that makes sprockets and wheels. Passing by the gates one day his old mate George the works engineer calls him over and asks if he will just keep an eye on the foundry while he has his tea break. Our Stanley, ‘being kind and obliging’, of course says yes. At first he finds the job quite exciting but he soon gets tired and bored, falls asleep and omits to pull an important lever at the appropriate time. The result is a loud BANG! and the instantaneous manufacture of a huge bicycle wheel which then proceeds to run amok through the streets of Huddersgate causing hilarious levels of chaos as it goes.
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Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads data base. Bob Wilson is a cartoonist, artist and author of children's books. He is probably best known for the Stanley Bagshaw series of children's books. He is also responsible for the Pump Street Primary series of books and the Joshua Jones TV cartoon series.
