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Question 223

The bicycle that was not made new

An original account of preparing an invented museum display.

The delivery bicycle arrived with dust across its frame and rust-coloured marks around the basket. I expected us to return every part to a bright finish, but the curator stopped me when I reached for the polishing cloth.

We cleaned the faded bakery name until it could be read, yet left the narrow scratches beneath the basket and the smooth patch worn into one handle. A photograph for the display showed that parcels had once been tied to the frame each morning. The curator studied the cleaned bicycle and nodded. “A careless restorer could polish away its working life,” she said.

In this passage, explain the meaning of “polish away its working life” and why the curator wants to avoid doing this.

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