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Interview Record

Record identifier: fbc-linda-leary-taylor-walk-talk
Collection: Fireside BMX Chat
Subseries: None established by the supplied publication record
Episode number: Not established
Published title: Fireside BMX Chat: Walk w/ Linda -Sister- to Harry Leary’s “Havasu Memorial Walkway” Paver - Audio
Dossier type: Interview Dossier
Recording type: on-location interview, family oral history, memorial walk, place-based remembrance
Host: Kyle A. Huffman
Guest(s): Linda Leary Taylor
Other participant(s): Anne-Marie Huffman
Recording date: One-year anniversary of Harry Leary’s passing; exact calendar date not supplied in the submitted materials
Publication date: Not supplied
Location: London Bridge and Memorial Walkway, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Duration: 1:13:28
Primary source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EWCctB6bss

Summary

Kyle, Anne-Marie, and Linda Leary Taylor walk across the London Bridge toward Harry Leary’s memorial paver. Linda shares childhood memories, family relationships, Harry’s early riding, his professional life, personal relationships, family concerns, his death, and her evolving understanding of his legacy.

Historical significance

The physical route gives the interview a memorial structure: the conversation begins at the bridge, unfolds while walking, and concludes at Harry’s paver. Linda’s first-person family testimony preserves aspects of Harry’s life that are absent from race records and magazine coverage.

Major themes and subjects

Source-material status

The submitted source package has been inventoried in source-inventory.md. Public-access transformations are explicitly labeled. Unaltered restricted originals are held in the separate private preservation supplement.

Transcript status

A raw timestamped machine transcript and timestamp-normalized working copy are present. Speaker identification, punctuation, uncertain wording, and proper names require final verification against the recording.

Preservation status

Curator classification

On-location memorial walk, family oral history, and place-based remembrance interview.