norbold 7,098 Posted March 5, 2015 I understand there is a brilliant new book being published today. All about growing up in Hackney in the 1950s and 60s and contains a part about going to speedway in the 60s and how the author came to be named after a speedway rider...Looks good. More info here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pie-Mash-Prefabs-1950s-Childhood/dp/1784181234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425542499&sr=1-1&keywords=Norman+Jacobs 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted March 5, 2015 Amazingly, 70 years after the Second World War was over, we still have Prefabs in Sunderland. I believe these houses were built with a planned life of ten years. These homes are still standing and their Residents have them looking really smart and well preserved. They are super little houses. I wonder if some of the Properties that are being built now will have a similar life span? We shall see. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,712 Posted March 5, 2015 I understand there is a brilliant new book being published today. All about growing up in Hackney in the 1950s and 60s and contains a part about going to speedway in the 60s and how the author came to be named after a speedway rider...Looks good. More info here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pie-Mash-Prefabs-1950s-Childhood/dp/1784181234/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1425542499&sr=1-1&keywords=Norman+Jacobs Not another book from Norman Jacobs-you would have thought he would have earned enough from quiz show winnings to retire 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,098 Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) Writing books gives me something to do in my retirement. Edited March 5, 2015 by norbold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted March 5, 2015 No prefabs left here in south london. Pie and mash though, is still alive and kicking. Harrington's pie shop in tooting will be my destination tomorrow afternoon! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,712 Posted March 5, 2015 No prefabs left here in south london. Pie and mash though, is still alive and kicking. Harrington's pie shop in tooting will be my destination tomorrow afternoon! Wimbledon dogs was my destination on Tuesday evening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted March 5, 2015 Wimbledon dogs was my destination on Tuesday evening.I ain't set foot in the place since the last speedway meeting in 2005. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,712 Posted March 5, 2015 I ain't set foot in the place since the last speedway meeting in 2005. Always have a table in the restaurant on "sky" nights-food is excellent and a top evening of open races. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted March 5, 2015 Always have a table in the restaurant on "sky" nights-food is excellent and a top evening of open races.i worked in dog racing for 22 years at all of the big london tracks. I followed in my mums footsteps, she worked at Wimbledon, wandsworth and park royal in the 1960's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,098 Posted March 5, 2015 I lived right next door to Clapton Greyhound Stadium. We certainly knew all about it on Thursday and Saturday evenings... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted March 5, 2015 I never went to clapton, but it looked like an impressive stadium from the photos I have seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 5, 2015 I never went to clapton, but it looked like an impressive stadium from the photos I have seen. Clapton was never a speedway track. There was a Clapton team but based - as I recall - at Lea Bridge? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted March 5, 2015 Clapton was never a speedway track. There was a Clapton team but based - as I recall - at Lea Bridge?we were talking about clapton greyhound stadium in millfields road, not lea bridge speedway stadium, which was in lea bridge road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 5, 2015 we were talking about clapton greyhound stadium in millfields road, not lea bridge speedway stadium, which was in lea bridge road. Yes I understand that. I just wanted to clarify where the Clapton speedway team raced. http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/thread/250/clapton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted March 6, 2015 No prefabs left here in south london. Pie and mash though, is still alive and kicking. Harrington's pie shop in tooting will be my destination tomorrow afternoon! Is Tubby Isaacs the Jellied Eel man still going strong down the Mile End Road?. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites