IT was December 30, 1936, and thousands of Yorkshire men, women and children braved the bitter cold on the steps of Bradford Town Hall to witness the arrival of their own superhero, ‘the one armed rider’ Walter Greaves. Bradford born Walter, who was to make his home in Bradley, was finally arriving home having cycled 45,383 miles in a year to capture the ‘World Year Cycle Endurance Record.’ The final mile was carried out in Hyde Park, London, with Greaves- a staunch vegetarian, drinking pints of milk while racing for protein - leading a procession of hundreds of cyclists to beat the former record set by Australian Ossie Nicholson.