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i ve photos of southampton in the 1929 season with numbers on the front then in the early 30s nothing but a jumper with hoops on it the in 1938/39 red and blue horizontal striped race jackets with numbers on the back

not heard of the name but in the halcyon days riders came and went overnight maybe he was just a second halfer or a trialist

the man that was mr speedway in southampton and stadium and presentation to match everynight was show night charles knott senior (THE GUV.NOR) his sons were good promoters as well and another unsung hero charles foote thats when poole and saints were run by gents

he is banned from the poole pits because he was giving to much info to the away teams and he was there as a poole guest trouble is lew cant stop himself helping others but poole took a dim view of his actions

yes coopers still exsist mainly for producing barrels for decoration ie flower baskets etc but its suprising how many small brewers still use wooden barrels good on them i say

george is still alive and lives in essex i belive he regulary attends functions when ever he can normally being chauffered by peter lipscombe yes george rode for yamouth his average was 0.75 yes 0.75 but he was a bread and butter rider that every team needs

kevin was in england for the anniversary of the veteran speedway riders asscociation at beaulieu a few years back about 8 if i remember correctely a perfect gentleman i had the priviledge of taking him back to Brockenhurst station in my car .by his own admittance he never tore up any trees in england but was a more than useful performer in aussie giving most of the top names a run for their money

my mum and dad went and saw them at the southampton gaumont theatre(now mayflower) the following week dad reckoned they were" pants" live on stage and he was one of their biggest fans

my first race was poole v swindon june 1971 1st race eide cake for poole and briggs and keen for swindon briggs leading by a country mile falls off for no aparent reason gifting poole a 5-1 finishing order cake eide keen briggs(fell) poole won 40-38

certainly turned out for bristol and was told off and banned i think for being to hard and rough house tactics

glad you cleared that one up when some one earlier in the thread said he was an ex policeman i thought no hes was a cooper(some one who makes wooden barrels)not a COPPERglad some one confirm what i thought odd

whoops sorry

i quite agree and if you can make the 20 th of july to sammy millers im sure a lot of your questions will be answered as they said infield of dreams build and they will come they certainly are from far and wide you will be in your element odd

in a roundabout way eric broadbelt was accident prone and never reach the heights expected of him he even broke his ankle riding into the back of the grader at either leicester or sheffield

jim airey also rode in these meetings and another african you are forgetting denzil kent and yes peter prinsloo is rhodesian

quite correct

didnt he ride at belle vue pre war or is my memory playing tricks????

most of the pre war grass tracks bore the name speedways i have several pre war programmes that carry that name on them but were no more than open fields and one after the war shaftsbury speedway in dorset took place on the side of a hill so i wouldnt read to much into the name speedway

evidentely he was an extermely strong man and used to use this to his advantage on the track he often was able to lift his bike over an oppenent back wheel to gain an advantage he was also very aggressive which didnt go down well with somesof his fellow riders and one ex rider who i wont name said he was an accident waiting to happen but still tragic all the same and are you sure it was peter vandenberg in the race i got it on very good authority that it was alby golden(alby told me this when he was alive

what about theb infamous belle vue leiceister punch in the 70s

shirra was a nasty b**stard

there is another thread on this site about tim but he is english used to live at ower in the new forest and run a plumbing and heating firm but now most of his time sailing round the caribean as its much warmer than england he is in good health and returns to england during the summer months

yes declan appeared many times at matchams park ringwood hants in the late 80s early 90s racing a standard mx bike against pukka sandracing bikes he was thrilling to say the least used to drive all the way down from liverpool each week to compete he must lost loads of money i was earning more as a commontater than they were as riders

hi bobbath yes photos will be taken and will appear on the southern classic speedway site plus i have a video company coming on the day and there will a video for sale or dvd to remember this classic day ps if you cant come please tell a friend who can iwant to raise loads of money yours oddy

ive have bowed to constant request and in july (adate yet to be set)i am running the 80th anniversary of southampton speedway its going to be slightly different than the last one i ran at the avenue hall it will incorperate 60 years of poole and 80 years of british speedway as well it is being held at sammy millers museum in new milton hants stars already coming include dick bradley brian crutcher johnnie hole briggo fredddie williams stuart wallace and a list thats never ending everyone wants to be part of it my phone has gone into meltdown there will a collection on the day for the speedway riders benevolent fund and i hope to top my last ammount of £350 everyone welcome come on join the party