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    Programme collectors!

    I have envelopes full of complete Brummies programmes, scorecards and various associated speedway star and newspaper cuttings for seasons 2012 to 2019.

    Anyone interested in collecting them can do so (from Perry Barr or I will post at your cost) either for a particular season or all of them, for a donation to either the Benevolent Fund or the Birmingham supporters club (donations made to me in exchange for goods, and I will then make the appropriate donations to whichever beneficiary you prefer). If noone wants any or all of them, I will donate the lot to the Brummies club shop to sell in complete year envelopes.

    Message me on here if interested :) 

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    2 hours ago, FishersGate said:

    He has financially but seems to not be working.  It's mad to think that a club in Birmingham cant attract atleast a thousand supporters every week

    A lot of this is probably be due to there being no speedway in Birmingham for 21 years.  I was 17 when it closed after the wheels. I was brought up with speedway as my dad had been a young fan himself at Perry Barr when he was a child. Birmingham lost those generations of prospective new fans between 1987 and 2007. Unfortunately during those 21 years life and what to do with your leisure time changed massively too. :cry:

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    4 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

    Thanks will take a look. What’s at Star City? Got daughter with me who likes shopping! 
     

    Can we park at One stop for speedway?

    Star City does not have any shopping. There is a large cinema there, a casino and a few eaty places. There is a shopping park close to star city call The Fort (near Fort Dunlop) but just general shops nothing exciting. Shopping in the Bull Ring/Grand Central or The Mailbox in the city centre may be considered slightly better shopping areas. 

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    59 minutes ago, Cast1rn said:

    Apologies for hijacking the team thread but coming down in July for the speedway and will be making a 300 mile round trip. Wanted to set off early and make a whole day in the Birmingham area and need something to occupy the family (got a six year old to keep happy), zoo, theme park etc until tapes up within a reasonable distance from Perry Barr if anyone can help.

    There is the Sealife Centre in the city centre. It'd take about 30-40 mins to get to perry barr from town (quicker if no traffic). There is also a children's farm at Sandwell Valley and in the adjoining park there is a large play area. There are also lakes and an rspb area in Sandwell Valley that you can walk around. You'd be at Perry Barr in about 10 mins from here.

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    40 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

    Shame we can't get Rossiter in!

    I'd imagine if you made an offer to the  promotion to pay the wages of the 'best team manager in your opinion' along with their travel and other expenses, you could have anyone you wanted! I'm sure Nigel would be happy to sit and discuss this with you. :t:

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    3 hours ago, mc131 said:

    I've said the same on here before roynon was a class act years ago if not for the injuries could of easily been a top rider 

    He was indeed as a youngster. I remember rye house at brum when Adam and Tai rode for Rye House.  Tai literally flew over the fence one race and the rest of the team were incapacitated somehow. Adam and a.n.other Rye House rider kept their team going and only narrowly lost. Brum were lucky to have Adam the next year after and was indeed faster than Lord Lyons at times but didn't get in front of him to many times. If he had? Who is to say. They were exciting times indeed, but unfortunately luck never stayed on Adams side after a crash a Rye House later that season. Shame would have loved to have seen where a fit Adam Rpynon would have ended up.

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    4 minutes ago, Gerbat1875 said:

    Brummies should have run the second city trophy or the Alan Hunt or Joe Thurley memorial,  I am sure Brummies fans would show a bit more interest in recognising something that mean something to the history of the club

    Yes perhaps. But as you identify the brummies fans of old who even know who you talk of ( I do have knowledge of them. ;) ), are thin on the ground now. Its about onwards and upwards!  If you don't want to go, fine. Leave the people who are trying to it :) xxx

     

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    3 hours ago, Gerbat1875 said:

    Another pointless meeting, probably cost a fortune in rent and other things,  do people think that a patched up Brummies and a select team opposition will generate any new fans,  me don't think so 

    Regardless of whether you think its pointless or not, I expect some Bees fans will enjoy seeing speedway involving their race jacket. Also i understand the club have an agreement with the stadium to stage at least 20 meetings this season.  So, as it's likely to cost them one-way or the other, they may as well have some bikes out having a run round.

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    27 minutes ago, brianbuck said:

    Many present day speedway people seem to have distorted ideas about the history of Birmingham Speedway. The "blame" for the 21 year delay in bringing speedway back to the City cannot be attributed to the City Council, but rather to the intransigence of the then owners of not just the Brummoies current home venue, but that of the owners or controllers of the various alternative venues within the City which were explored. The then owner of Perry Barr Stadium, Maurice Buckland, made no bones about his attitude - he wou;d not have speedway back at his stadium at any price - and until he sold out to the GRA in 2004, he never wavered from this stance.

    Hall Green Stadium, also owned by the GRA until its demolition, were more accomodating, but casual enquiries convinced them that it would be impossible to secure planning permission due to the venue's close proximity to housing. Bordesley Green, not then owned by the Council although it was eventually taken over by the authority, also produced numerous excuses for rejecting approaches to restore speedway there, both on the original track and on a proposed new track on a different part of the site. In fact, the only involvement with the Council was an enquiry about the possibility of the speedway club using Salford Stadium, the City Council having had other offers which they felt were mpre appropriate.

    True, there was an initial difficulty in securing a planning consent for Perry Barr and it was at first refused on the casting vote of the Chairman of the Planning Committee, but a second application was emphatically approved. 

    As far as the Alexander Stadium being a potential Grand Prix venue is concerned, the stadium is primarily an athletics site and is the headquarters of Birchfield Harriers, but is wholly owned by Birmingham City Council and it has been widely reported that the Council are anxious to justify the vast amount of money which they have spent on developing it, by finding more commercial uses for it. I don't believe that Birmingham City Council is in any way "anti-speedway" and it is my opinion that were a serious offer made to use it for a Grand Prix, the Council would certainly consider it. 

    As the organisation of the Grand Prix meetings is outside the remit of the Speedway Control Bureau and the BSPL, any approach would have to come from those who now promote this competition, but the stadium is there, it has the capacity, and if they want it, they could go for it.

     

     

    Thank you Brian, I stand corrected. I was but a young girl when speedway was taken from perry barr in the mid 80's and was obviously not as involved as you and others to eventually bring it back almost at the start of my 4th decade of life. Something for which I am grateful and thank you for. Be good if they (the council and birchfield harriers) could be persuaded to have GP speedway (or any speedway)in 'the park', but I reckon it'll take until at least my 7th/8th decade of life to persuade them! Fingers and toes crossed in the meantime. 

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    5 hours ago, Turnip said:

    I'm watching the Commonwealth Games and doesn't the Alexander Stadium look very impressive especially with it being full approx 30,000. Now am i getting fanciful ideas but to me that stadium would be perfect as an option for a proposed second British Grand Prix and they could hold the SGP2 just round the corner at Birmingham speedway.

    Even after taking out the temporary stands out on the corners the capacity is stil 18,000 which may be more suitable for a speedway size crowd.

    Won't hold me breath tho.

     

     

    Do you know much about Birmingham Council? It took Tony Mole 21 years to persuade them to allow domestic speedway in a stadium lots may call its 'ancestral home'. The Alexander stadium rebuild has cost the earth and the locals have lost a great park too. So I  very much doubt they'd allow those dirty smelly noisy bikes anywhere near it....unfortunately. Unless someone can persuade them that lots of of troublef free ££££'s are likely to flow into the hotel and transport systems......hmmm could be something in it, but they'd have to be talking big bucks for the council I'd suspect.

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    7 hours ago, uk_martin said:

    OUCH!  Only 350, and most of those will be paying concessionary admission... As I say, OUCH!

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    Yet you continie to moan, and 'Joke' about the situation and do not support your team or your friends who have tried so hard to keep Birmingham going. Hope you and others similar to are proud. :icon_smile_clown::rolleyes:

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    8 hours ago, Teromaafan said:

    When I went to this fixture last year there were major road works between the stadium and the One Stop retail park. Is this work completed or should I avoid it and approach it from another route?

    Thanks in advance to anyone who can offer advice.

    You can now access one stop more easily approaching from junction 7 and the a34. You can turn right now into one stop at the end of the a34 where the flyover was. It is easier to get in and out of one stop and easier to walk to the stadium.

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