steve roberts 9,247 Posted March 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, cityrebel said: One man closed Romford speedway down Sid, and moved away soon after. The Bombers were pulling in 6,000 crowds to Brooklands at the time! ...and apparently his son used to go the speedway at Romford! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, steve roberts said: ...and apparently his son used to go the speedway at Romford! Scary track Steve. Narrow, fast with a concrete 'safety' wall. It frightened me as a spectator! Edited March 7, 2019 by cityrebel Spelling mistake 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Lee 128 Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Sidney the robin said: Are you saying that people should not be worried and not be entitled to air there views.??? All i will say and predict is if Swindon speedway is aloud to go down the swanny the sport and. certainly the Premiership league is doomed for good. Of course people are entitled to express their views. Just saying that some of the extreme personal insults and character assassinations you often see on here will not make anyone better-disposed to speedway. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattK 3,447 Posted March 7, 2019 2 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: The stadium was a condition of the planning Only recently there were posts about no further build until the promises re the stadium were kept too The only restriction I have ever seen documented in the planning consent was that "no more than 200 houses can be occupied until a contract is signed to build the new stadium". Obviously, "a contract is signed" is a very vague term, but I am sure GI would claim they have fulfilled that clause when work "began" a few years back: http://www.justintomlinson.com/news/3699-huge-news-for-speedway-fans-as-work-starts-on-new-abbey-stadium Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sidney the robin 4,735 Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Robert Lee said: Of course people are entitled to express their views. Just saying that some of the extreme personal insults and character assassinations you often see on here will not make anyone better-disposed to speedway. Totally agree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted March 7, 2019 6 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: Worrying that City heartbreaking really, how is your superb racejacket collection coming along.?? Still growing Sid. My most recent addition was a 1973 Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waytogo28 2,054 Posted March 7, 2019 Does that mean the beginning of the pre-fabricated stadium ( in some far away place ) may well fulfil the "make a start on the stadium" clause? It likely would if it did not state " make a start on the stadium - on site". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAH 409 Posted March 7, 2019 18 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: And they can breathe in the fumes if they want to they should have NO say anyway they knew what they were buying and most are commuters anyway. yes i agree they knew what they were buying but it may have been on the understanding & clause saying they wouldn't be there in ex amount of time ? IE around now ?? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man in black 18 Posted March 7, 2019 I flew over Blunsdon a couple of weeks ago in a light aircraft and was quite shocked by what I saw. The stadium is now surrounded on three sides by new housing, some of which is right up to the stadium boundary. Don’t see how re-shaping the existing track will help, nor does it look like there is enough remaining space for a new stadium. I can post a photo if someone can tell me how? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Stadia 1,071 Posted March 7, 2019 27 minutes ago, Man in black said: I flew over Blunsdon a couple of weeks ago in a light aircraft and was quite shocked by what I saw. The stadium is now surrounded on three sides by new housing, some of which is right up to the stadium boundary. Don’t see how re-shaping the existing track will help, nor does it look like there is enough remaining space for a new stadium. I can post a photo if someone can tell me how? Things look different 30,000 feet up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man in black 18 Posted March 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Ray Stadia said: Things look different 30,000 feet up! Yeah, they look different from 1000ft as well. It’s pretty clear from the unfinished stubs of new road that the development is intended to overrun the current stadium site plus the warehouse behind the main stand. The remaining space just does not look big enough to me for a new stadium. Hope I’m wrong..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MattK 3,447 Posted March 8, 2019 You're not wrong. You can see the houses encroaching on the stadium on Google Maps. Everything above the red line used to be open fields offering a nice barrier between the housing estate and the stadium. Now it is all housing. They even demolished the away pits and build a house there. You can see how close they are in this picture from Swindon's Instagram account. That wall is the side of someone's home. If you want to be really depressed, here is the Master Plan for the whole development. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,247 Posted March 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, MattK said: You're not wrong. You can see the houses encroaching on the stadium on Google Maps. Everything above the red line used to be open fields offering a nice barrier between the housing estate and the stadium. Now it is all housing. They even demolished the away pits and build a house there. You can see how close they are in this picture from Swindon's Instagram account. That wall is the side of someone's home. If you want to be really depressed, here is the Master Plan for the whole development. Strewth! Last time I went to Blunsdon it was so very rural...didn't realise that the housing was that close! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teaboy279 1,038 Posted March 8, 2019 Last time I went to Swindon the car park was big enough to act as a pits for 100 race cars and lorrys and spectator parking. Now it looks barely bigger then rye house's tiny car park. And the master plan appears the have a massive white elephant with literally no prevision for stadium parking at all!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man in black 18 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, MattK said: You're not wrong. You can see the houses encroaching on the stadium on Google Maps. Everything above the red line used to be open fields offering a nice barrier between the housing estate and the stadium. Now it is all housing. Wish I knew how to post my photo, ‘cos it’s even worse now! See that triangular field just above the stadium? All new houses. And the brownish area just below the warehouse behind the main stand? Those houses are now finished. Woo Hoo! managed it!! This was the stadium on 12 Feb 2019...... Edited March 8, 2019 by Man in black 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
