Boston

[shoestringtours 11]

Now about those seashells.........did I imagine them?

As a Boston regular....the seashells were mainly on the paths around the perimeter of the track and there were loads in the car park too.

Steve Lomas was the track record holder when we closed at 60.0.

Bruce Cribb was the all time holder at 56.0...but this was set on a four lap demonstration ride on his ice bike.

 

[cityrebel 2,960]

i thought boston was a great race track until the stock cars went in there and ruined it. the two things i remember the most was gordon parkins on the microphone and the hot peas stall!

[star ghost 7]

Gordon Parkins was the front man at Norwich for a number of years and also worked for West Ham when the Norwich Stars closed at the end of the 1964 season. He was announcer at Kings Lynn for a while and I think he stood in for Martin Rogers at times also. He passed away in Pilgrim Hospital at a Xmas time some years back.

[cityrebel 2,960]

Gordon Parkins was the front man at Norwich for a number of years and also worked for West Ham when the Norwich Stars closed at the end of the 1964 season. He was announcer at Kings Lynn for a while and I think he stood in for Martin Rogers at times also. He passed away in Pilgrim Hospital at a Xmas time some years back.

gordon parkins arrived at west ham in 1970 to replace dave lanning. i remember him standing on the centre green with christer lofqvist before his debut for the hammers. this was my first ever meeting at custom house and lofqvist became one of my favourite riders despite me being a dons fan. i could not believe some ten years later in 1980 during my first visit to boston hearing gordon parkins on the mic again, a very unforgettable voice.

Edited October 27, 2009 by cityrebel