wollongong 0 Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) Hi All, I acquired an autograph book with autographs of speedway riders from Bradford Odsal. The autographs in this book start with Eddie Rigg, Norman Parker, Ernie Price, Norman Price, Aub Lawson, Wilbur Lamoreaux, Arthur Atkinson, Alec Statham, Bill Gilbert, Jack Biggs, Oliver Hart, B. A. Lovell, Jack Hughes, Arthur Forest, Ron Peace, George Slinger??? Joe Abbott. Other Autographs under the title "Speedway" are: Smith, Roper, Bell, Grimshaw, Boaty???, Metcalfe, Kirton, Young, Robinson, Allinson, Hayton, Morris, Rumlott???, Blanchard, Palin, Parkinson, Sutcliffe, Janson, Jackson, Plodd, Holdsworth, Fearon, Walsh, Green, Rhodes, Kershaw, Lord, Malpass Most of the top section have been solved however any of the names in bold have not been confirmed. If anyone can confirm any of these riders and who they rode for, I would be very grateful. The autograph book was once owned by: Jack Byard, 23 Aygill Avenue, Haworth Road, Bradford and then by: K Wilkinson, 62 Washington Street, Girlington, Bradford. I purchased it from a lady in Scotland who found it in the bottom of a job lot box at a car boot sale. Thanx Wollongong Edited April 14, 2006 by wollongong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,091 Posted April 14, 2006 Hi All, I acquired an autograph book with autographs of speedway riders from Bradford Odsal. The autographs in this book start with Eddie Rigg, Norman Parker, Ernie Price, Norman Price, Aub Lawson, Wilbur Lamoreaux, Arthur Atkinson, Alec Statham, Bill Gilbert, Jack Biggs, Oliver Hart, B. A. Lovell, Jack Hughes, Arthur Forest, Ron Peace, George Slinger??? Joe Abbott. Other Autographs under the title "Speedway" are: Smith, Roper, Bell, Grimshaw, Boaty???, Metcalfe, Kirton, Young, Robinson, Allinson, Hayton, Morris, Rumlott???, Blanchard, Palin, Parkinson, Sutcliffe, Janson, Jackson, Plodd, Holdsworth, Fearon, Walsh, Green, Rhodes, Kershaw, Lord, Malpass <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Malpass would probably be Cradley's Phil Malpass, who had quite a distinguished career. Allison and George STRINGER both rode for Halifax in the early 50's, with the former also riding for Odsal. Unfortunately, without more information, it is difficult to identify the others. Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) Other Autographs under the title "Speedway" are: Smith, Roper, Bell, Grimshaw, Boaty???, Metcalfe, Kirton, Young, Robinson, Allinson, Hayton, Morris, Rumlott???, Blanchard, Palin, Parkinson, Sutcliffe, Janson, Jackson, Plodd, Holdsworth, Fearon, Walsh, Green, Rhodes, Kershaw, Lord, Malpass Re the above query: Possible names = Tommy Roper, Doug Bell, 'Boaty' - Graham Beattie (but doubtful), Jack or Frank or Larry Young (?), Tony Robinson, Al Allison, Cliff Parkinson, "Plodd" badly signed Malcolm Flood (maybe), Ken Walsh, Wally Green, Phil Malpass (three of the above already named elsewhere). Jackson could be Harold Jackson. Many of them could be second-half riders and novices. A lot don't mean anything to me but I look forward to details. Edited April 15, 2006 by speedyguy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,091 Posted April 15, 2006 Possible names = Tommy Roper, Doug Bell, 'Boaty' - Graham Beattie (but doubtful), Jack or Frank or Larry Young (?), Tony Robinson, Al Allison, Cliff Parkinson, "Plodd" badly signed Malcolm Flood (maybe), Ken Walsh, Wally Green, Phil Malpass (three of the above already named elsewhere).Jackson could be Harold Jackson. Many of them could be second-half riders and novices. A lot don't mean anything to me but I look forward to details. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My thoughts exactly... I did think that Tony Robinson and Tommy Roper would be likely candidates, with Wally Green and Cliff Parkinson as possibilties. However, names like Jackson and Young are a little too common to pin down. Certainly, Kershaw, Kirton, and Holdsworth mean absolutely nothing, and the only Grimshaw I know is Alan (Belle Vue in 1974 and ), which doesn't exactly fit in with the period. Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wollongong 0 Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) Hi All, The autographs are as follows on the pages in the book - This may help to identify the riders and the teams they rode for! Page 1 Eddie Rigg, Norman Parker, Ernie Price, Norman Price Page 2 Aub Lawson, Bill Osbourne, Wilbur Lamoureux, Arthur Atkinson, Alec Statham, Bill Gilbert Page 3 Mike Erskine Page 4 Jack Biggs, Oliver Hart Page 5 Jack Hughes, B. A. Lovell Page 6 Arthur Forest, Ron Peace Page 7 George Stringer Page 8 Joe Abbott Page 9 Smith, Roper, Bell, Grimshaw, Boaty???, Metcalfe, Kirton, Young, Robinson, Allinson, Hayton, Morris, Rumlott???, Blanchard??? Page 10 Palin, Parkinson, Sutcliffe, Janson, Jackson, Plodd???, Holdsworth, Fearon???, Walsh, Green, Rhodes, Kershaw, Lord, Malpass I can email pictures of the autographs if this will help? - please let me know! walkabout.creek@ntlworld.com Thanx Wollongong Edited April 15, 2006 by wollongong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Bott 0 Posted April 26, 2006 B A Lovell would be Bob Lovell who rode for Birmingham in 1946 and 1947. He and Tiger Hart formed a quite formidable partnership for quite a time; with Tiger being "foot forward" and Bob being a "leg trailer" they complemented each other very well with Tiger taking the inside line and Bob riding an outside line. After the 1947 season Bob was transferred to Odsal. There is an action shot of Bob and Tiger on the "Action" page of the Brummies site on www.brummiespeedway.co.uk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
