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the other thing about southampton it produed more types of speedway bikes than any other city rotrax erskine and mattingleys all came from southampton and briggo also had his jawa dealership there as well

many thanks im off up to high beech to morrow to press gang some more into coming not that they need much encouragment if anyone is going im the gezzzer in the ducati jacket ps a large majority of the poole crowd would go to saints if reopened many of them come from the city cheers andy

hi vonny its andy the organiser of the reunion what i,ll do for you is send a list of b and bs to your dad(dick) there are plenty in the new milton area and bournemouth and christchurch are only a 15 minute drive from the museum so glad your dad is coming if its anything like the last one i done in 1998 it was a cracker

its the aussie eqivulant of grasstrack it takes place temporary tracks ie fields etc hope this helps you oddy

agree 100% on that one

my all time favourite john langfield as quoted on another thread never a world beater but entertainment with a capital E langy please please plase!!!!!!!

dantodan more than happy to oblige ring me on this number after 6pm and before 8pm tonight 01590 676547 i have over 700 photos of the saints

belive me it would more than well supported people in southampton are absolutely gagging for speedway and ice hockey etc to return to the city.this point was proven when i staged the 1998 reunion my co helpers thought we get 100 people at most.on the day they came in their 100s we were turning people away at 5.30 at night .which is why i say well done swindon for allowing a new speedway stadium to be built .to the southampton council i say wake up and smell the coffee!!!!

the photo is of the early bluey scott that rode for saints in the early 50s yes his name was eric .odd

johnnie was a good friend of mine and we spent many hours supping pints at the foresters arms in brockenhurst where we were somtimes joined by his old team mate george wall.johnnie was born and stayed all his life in brockenhurst new forest he 1st started riding in the north african desert during the war on his return home he joined southampton but only had a couple of meetings after this he moved to plymouth and became a regular team member in 1952 he was getting good but suffered a fractured skulll a his form dipped the following year he transfered to st austell but his form never returned and he quit for many years he ran a tarmacing business sadly he died about 10 years ago his son was also tragically killed in a motorcycle accident not long after

the first bluey rode for saints in the early fifties for about one season very small in stature and never rode in a british final the other one was tall and fair haired and blossomed after leaving the saints helped by a big pools win that improved his carrer immensley but both were known as bluey to to the southampton faithful

thanks dave ive also got that one on tape as well as, entry of the gladiators but thanks for putting me right i know national emblem, was used at poole but unsure it was used at the stadium thanks andy

ted has sold his business some time ago and lives in retirement at wellow in the new forest he is in fact of german extraction when the berlin wall came down he got completely bladdered because he couldsee his relatives again he to will be appearing at sammy millers on 20 th july

sammys museum is about a mile and little bit from new milton railway station bournemouth waterloo line it is well sign posted if you are coming by car there is ample parking yours odd

two riders that stood out for me and i admit a bit of poole bias here were christer lofqvist and john langfield.christer was magic on a bike almost a swedish peter craven his passing was legendary at poole a great man sadly missed .as for john langfield entertainment with a capital E orange leathers fans loved him refs hated him never a world beater but he was virtually unstoppable at sydney showground.he was worth the entrance fee just see what would get up to.away from the track mild mannered and polite he even wrote the knott family a 12 page letter expressing his regret at not being able to return to poole because his young family were of school age and he thought it better that they were settled in aussie wish we had entertainers like him today

he turned up at my last one but im told these days hes has an adversion to flying ever since 9\11 but he has been sent an invite no its someone even more well known than him and its not briggo.i used to work for the rickman brother in the 1970s really nice blokes

WHY NOT ITS A TRACK ISNT IT!!!!!

ive got the same photos and more as well little norman was at brian hanhams funneral yesterday and as livley as ever he asked to pass on his best wishes to everyone who remembers him on this site and please come and meet him on sunday july 20 th at the big speedway reunion at sammy millers museum in new milton hants where a lot of ex saints and pirates will be attending and its all FREE!!!!!!

to old saint please come along to sammy millers museum on the 20 of july and meet most of the remaining saints (see saints reunion thread) and there maybe just maybe one unexpected suprise guest as well working on it at the moment

brians farewell took place in brilliant sunshine today at ringwood church,people with speedway conection ex riders etc were brian crutcher norman strachan stuart wallace bill holden jim knott rosita mattingley(mauries widow) pete smith joan golden(albys widow) andy day terry lane smith and don hardys son.Neil brians son would like to thank everyone for their kind messages and cards and donations especially tim templton for supplying the bikes and andy day for supplying the race jackets r.i.p brian

that was jack scott but also know as bluey as well to us saints supporters

yes mike tams is still alive and bob bath if you can find any pensioners in bournemouth you are a better man than i gunga din!!!!

CONTARY TO POPULAR BELIFE CYRIL WAS NOT THE OLDEST ROGER BROTHER HE JUST LOOKED THAT WAY HE IS STILL ALIVE AND IN KENT WHERE TWO YEARS AGO THE LATE MAURY MATTINGLEY VISITED HIM AND HE WAS STILL RUNNING A MARKET GARDEN BUSINESS I HOPING TO GET HIM DOWN FOR THE SOUTHAMPTON REUNION IN JULY(SEE OTHER THREAD) ODDY

JUST A FURTHER COMMENT WHICH BLUEY SCOTT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ?? BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO AND BOTH RODE FOR SOUTHAMPTON ONE IN THE EARLY FIFTIES AND ONE IN THE LATE FIFTIES EARLY SIXTIES