Speedway Stories In Boys Comics

[Ian 24]

I will add the following-does anybody know whether Enid was a speedway fan???????

 

Absolutely, Bob. A Glasgow fan, in fact. Noddy and his friends are all based on famous Tiggers riders over the years.

 

 

[norbold 7,106]

I hope Enid Blyton didn't try naked Speedway. Could be painful.

Barry Briggs did once...and I have the photos.

[Wessex Wanderer 148]

Don't know much about a naked Speedway riding Enid Blyton but as a regular reader of The Tiger 50+ years ago I do remember the weekly story of Ace Lester and the Beldon Aces.

 

Don't remember too much about the plots except that "Ace" had to join the secret service or something so he trained a look alike junior to take his place as star man in the Beldon team in just a couple of weeks!! England could do with a few like that now.

 

The junior was the real hero of the story. One of Ace's training methods was to rig uo a bucket of water above the starting gate which tipped up at the same time the gate was released. The junior either gated or got wet.

 

 

[martinmauger 584]

Sounds like Bruce Penhall's role in CHiPS - no, not Alf Tupper

Rob McCaffery.

Nope not Bruce Nelson/Penhall, was in the mid-70's when I was considered too young to go to speedway alone as none of the family were remotely interested....

 

[The Old Chap 0]

The weekly boy's paper 'The Champion' had a number of speedway stories during the period 1947 to 1955 or so. Often illustrated on the cover. eBay sometimes has copies for sale with the cover of the issue being illustrated.

 

About the same time there was a weekly speedway paper called the 'Speedway Gazette' which I recall being printed on rather poor paper and with a yellow cover. It was edited by Basil (forget his surname) but after awhile he launched a boy's paper called 'Boy's World' which had a non-series speedway story every week of its short life. Also on rather poor paper. There was even a letter to the editor complaining about the number of speedway stories in the paper!

 

All of the above from my memory which may be playing tricks after all these years!

 

 

[Ron Butler 0]

Alf Tupper rules!

 

OK?

 

I vaguely remember Alf. Sadly I remember most thing vaguely now.

 

 

 

[BOBBATH 466]

To old chap-think you are thinking of Basil Storey(used to wear a bow tie) for Speedway gazette editor

[ianmartin 7]

OK?

 

I vaguely remember Alf. Sadly I remember most thing vaguely now.

 

 

Sadly Ron - I know how you feel.

[Ron Butler 0]

Sadly Ron - I know how you feel. :oops:

 

Ah well, Ian,

 

I suppose that with our two halves we could, possibly, make one reasonably good man.

 

Anyone out there want two willing, if slightly jaded, halves?

 

[BOBBATH 466]

Come on you guys -the best is yet to come-40 years ago I got worried when I didn't get invited to a party-now I get worried if I am invited to a party

[star ghost 7]

Yes Basil Storey was editor of the Gazette in those 1940s when Speedway came back from the War,

I was led to belejve it was the name used by eric Linden

Although not a "comic" strip as such I can remember The Flutters, a cartoon strip in the Daily Mirror at the same time as Buck Ryan, Jimpy and Garth.

The Flutters were a horse racing family and to get money for betting Bart Flutter had to take up Speedway

[BOBBATH 466]

I think Basil was not Eric Linden-different guy altogether altho' Eric had many other names e.g. Angus Kix

[Parsloes 1928 nearly 495]

I think Basil was not Eric Linden-different guy altogether altho' Eric had many other names e.g. Angus Kix

 

That's right - I remember the sometimes surprisingly saucy snaps in Angus Kix's Glamour League - a winter feature in the Star. Would NEVER be allowed these days!!

[mickthemuppet 976]

I think Basil was not Eric Linden-different guy altogether altho' Eric had many other names e.g. Angus Kix

There might have been a Jack Storey or is that another story

[billywamill 32]

<!--quoteo(post=1639559:date=Nov 20 2009, 08:58 PM:name=BOBBATH)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BOBBATH @ Nov 20 2009, 08:58 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1639559"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Don't know if any forumlanders ever go to the bookshops in Hay-on-Wye but its amazing what they have there-I always try to get there when am in UK. Anybody read Enid Blyton stories-new biography of her says she was a real dragon-nasty to her daughters-lots of affairs, had a lesbian affair and played tennis naked-not all at the same time though!!- she's really gone up in my estimation -what a gal. Just so I don't get criticised for going off topic by not mentioning speedway in this post -I will add the following-does anybody know whether Enid was a speedway fan???????<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

 

 

I hope Enid Blyton didn't try naked Speedway. Could be painful. <img src="http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_smile_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_smile_wink.gif" />

 

Hay-in-Wye is a fantastic place to visit. I collect Enid Blyton first editions so know a fair bit about her, but I've never heard about her following Speedway!

Edited October 10, 2011 by billywamill