keepturningleft 589 Posted July 4, 2020 The drone work on this is excellent, and personally I find the content to be both compelling and gruesome at the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davieb1 19 Posted July 4, 2020 im trying to sharte this to facebook but it wont let me share due to others reporting it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davieb1 19 Posted July 4, 2020 I suppose anything to do with cov bees is a little bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25yearfan 476 Posted July 4, 2020 Sad that a stadium that used to stage well attended speedway and stock car meetings until under 4 years ago and would still be to this day is in such a state. Its a long shot but hopefully, somehow ownership can be reverted to a leisure company who can reopen the venue for speedway, stock cars, greyhounds and other events! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geoff100 1,426 Posted July 4, 2020 The straights look narrow on this , was the greyhound track their in the 70s? Who were the people walking the stadium ? Vandals can anyone get in, sad to see . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted July 4, 2020 3 hours ago, keepturningleft said: The drone work on this is excellent, and personally I find the content to be both compelling and gruesome at the same time. Tragic! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keepturningleft 589 Posted July 4, 2020 It reminds me in some way of the Titanic, a once great and glorious thing, now resting and rusting at the bottom of the speedway ocean! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted July 4, 2020 "Coventry Drone" ? That's no way to talk about Peter York! 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted July 4, 2020 How desperately sad and depressing. Such a shame. Camera work and drone operation are very good though. I hope the Speedway can be resurrected - if not - thanks for the memories. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted July 4, 2020 I find it heart breaking that two glorious teams with lots of pedigree, Oxford and Coventry, are no longer operative despite stadiums remaining dormant but rapidly decaying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted July 4, 2020 So very sad and purely a result of greed, when a philanthropist was needed. That was my second home from 1955 to 1967 and to see all of the different parts of the stadium that I used to roam now left to die and rot away. I see Gemini's spot is still there. for me it was always the back straight. It's desecration. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noaksey 345 Posted July 4, 2020 11 hours ago, 25yearfan said: Sad that a stadium that used to stage well attended speedway and stock car meetings until under 4 years ago and would still be to this day is in such a state. Its a long shot but hopefully, somehow ownership can be reverted to a leisure company who can reopen the venue for speedway, stock cars, greyhounds and other events! Never say never but the chances of that ever happening must be less than 1% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martinmauger 584 Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) Brilliant yet also very sad footage, some skillful dronemanship, I visited Coventry a few times so many good memories. Can anyone indicate where Charles Ochiltree's office was, this was considererd a real inner sanctum and few were permitted entry.... Edited July 5, 2020 by martinmauger spelling 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greyhoundp 990 Posted July 5, 2020 Very sad to see, Im afraid the Grandstand needs a fortune spending on it to bring it back to something fit for purpose, the back straight stand much less so, the other out buildings also need lots of money spending on them, i doubt very much if we will ever see Brandon return as a sporting venue unless someone wins the Euro Lottery, the Grandstand needs demolishing, probably some of the outbuildings also, which would leave the pits area and back straight stand remaining before any sport could take place. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ONTWOMINUTES 123 Posted July 5, 2020 9 hours ago, martinmauger said: Brilliant yet also very sad footage, some skillful dronemanship, I visited Coventry a few times so many good memories. Can anyone indicate where Charles Ochiltree's office was, this was considererd a real inner sanctum and few were permitted entry.... At 11.36 into the footage the boarded up window to the left of the blue door is about as near to Charles's office as you could get ( I know his wife always sat in there) to the best of my knowledge. I know the management office was always in that area. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites