Five tracks you never got to but wish you had

[auntie doris 2,339]

There were teams called Eastbourne, Arena Essex, Peterborough in top div. Oxford were Silver Machine. No Halifax, Exeter, Cradley Heath, Leicester. The worst thing was you had to pay to get in, you couldn't climb in anymore, no second-halves, or special buses.

Edited August 26, 2021 by auntie doris

[Sidney the robin 4,735]

10 hours ago, auntie doris said:

There were teams called Eastbourne, Arena Essex, Peterborough in top div. Oxford were Silver Machine. No Halifax, Exeter, Cradley Heath, Leicester. The worst thing was you had to pay to get in, you couldn't climb in anymore, no second-halves, or special buses.

Can you remember Doris the days of over ten buses being outside the Abbey after a meeting a friend of mine often got on the Penhill bus.? Yes climbing over the wall was a done thing for me did it most weeks i used to get over just behind those dreaded legendary filthy toilets then head over to the pits for autographs it was so easy. 

[auntie doris 2,339]

1 hour ago, Sidney the robin said:

Can you remember Doris the days of over ten buses being outside the Abbey after a meeting a friend of mine often got on the Penhill bus.? Yes climbing over the wall was a done thing for me did it most weeks i used to get over just behind those dreaded legendary filthy toilets then head over to the pits for autographs it was so easy. 

That's another thing, the difference between the 60s70s and 21st.century, you could go into the pits and get autographs, and chat to riders, half of them were local lads. You had to be on that green Bristol Omnibus sharpish, as sometimes it left for Cavi Square before end of second half final, normally consisting of Briggo, Broady, Ashby, Kilby. If you were on top deck of bus you could pick out their helmet colours. A 5 year old mascot called Alun Rossiter doing some laps! Those legendary back straight bogs with Izal bog rollSwindon Town in the afternoon, Robins at night. About 30 home meetings a year.

 

Edited August 27, 2021 by auntie doris

[jrs 3,290]

7 minutes ago, auntie doris said:

That's another thing, the difference between the 60s70s and 21st.century, you could go into the pits and get autographs, and chat to riders, half of them were local lads. You had to be on that green Bristol Omnibus sharpish, as sometimes it left for Cavi Square before end of second half final, normally consisting of Briggo, Broady, Ashby, Kilby. If you were on top deck of bus you could pick out their helmet colours. A 5 year old mascot called Alun Rossiter doing some laps! Those legendary back straight bogs with Izal bog roll

You're lucky it wasn't Bronco loo roll  

Edited August 27, 2021 by jrs

[Sidney the robin 4,735]

51 minutes ago, auntie doris said:

That's another thing, the difference between the 60s70s and 21st.century, you could go into the pits and get autographs, and chat to riders, half of them were local lads. You had to be on that green Bristol Omnibus sharpish, as sometimes it left for Cavi Square before end of second half final, normally consisting of Briggo, Broady, Ashby, Kilby. If you were on top deck of bus you could pick out their helmet colours. A 5 year old mascot called Alun Rossiter doing some laps! Those legendary back straight bogs with Izal bog rollSwindon Town in the afternoon, Robins at night. About 30 home meetings a year.

 

At that time Doris there was a cheap and expensive side , we used to go on bend two on the bank was never keen watching at the starting gate.I think that gate that separated the two sides was opened after heat 10 great days really and those second halves were terrific.They help mould the  career’s of the likes of  Holloway ( RIP), Hewlett, (RIP), the Chessell’s, the Smar’ts, Rosco, (ect) .Those second halves were hard initially for those lads usually win the scurry or junior race and then bang in with the big boys a real learning curve for them.

[Guest]

The five tracks that I would have liked to visit but did not were Bradford, Exeter, Plymouth, Leicester, Wombwell.

[fatface 2,550]

Cradley, Wembley, Bristol, Meadowbank, Trelawny.

[chunky 6,087]

42 minutes ago, falcace said:

Cradley, Wembley, Bristol, Meadowbank, Trelawny.

I feel bad for you. You never got to try the pork and stuffing sarnies, and pork scratchings from Cradley!

[fatface 2,550]

1 hour ago, chunky said:

I feel bad for you. You never got to try the pork and stuffing sarnies, and pork scratchings from Cradley!

I know. Sick as a pig. 

[BOBBATH 466]

Those pork sarnies at Cradley were to die for! Lovely grub.

[frigbo 518]

Halifax, Wembley, Newport Somerton Park, Trelawny and Belle Vue Hyde Road.

[wealdstone 3,454]

2 minutes ago, frigbo said:

Halifax, Wembley, Newport Somerton Park, Trelawny and Belle Vue Hyde Road.

Wembley was my home track, been to Hyde Road several times, been to Somerton Park  but only for football

[Guest]

Wembley, Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank & Powederhall), Belle Vue Hyde Road, Sunderland and New Cross.

[RobbieB 26]

New Cross, West Ham, The original larger Wimbledon track, Haringey, King's Oak.

[norbold 7,101]

2 hours ago, RobbieB said:

New Cross, West Ham, The original larger Wimbledon track, Haringey, King's Oak.

Thanks. You've made me feel really old now as I've seen speedway at all of those!