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Give the address then.Do they mention a price for overseas subscriptions?

Hows the Wembley book coming along?

Come,come,no buses either .I used to cycle from Merton to Eastbourne and Rye House and Arena Essex.Surely you could have made it from Hackney to Wimbledon

Great start if it isnt finished Like Norbold`s memory of his first visit,but that was a lame excuse not to visit Plough Lane.I thought in those days the routes for buses went from one side of London to the other and we had the underground in the south surely it reached east london by the 50`s Liked the Ronnie Moore site as well

Put 2 more on of ,i think John Dews and Christer Sjosten that i would swap if anyones interested

Thanks again Guess you never know what stories will turn up when you ask about riders from the past.Happy as well as sad.It was only while talking to a supporter last year that i heard of Simon Wiggs death .I guess the fact that we still fondly remember or think of these guys is a consolation however small.It was for that reason i put a photo of Tommy Jansson on the site

Thanks.After 30 years i finally found out who they are

Thanks again Frigbo. As i missed a lot over the last decade or so what happened to Nigel?

Added a few more if you can help.With the Mildenhall team its the 2 on the right .Lynn its the rider between Crowson and Betts.The Scunthorpe team i only recognise Andy Buck,Woffinden and is it McNamara as well Not too sure with the Middlesbrough team and the rider crashing ,well you may have seen the photo before and know who it is Was relying on you Norbold for the Dons riders .Always thought the rider on the right was Mirac as i have a few pics with him in the same leathers but have also seen him in the other set of leathers in one of your books

spot on there.Know the meeting 26 May 86.That makes it heat 9 with Per Jonsson.Have another with Nielsen leading Andersson and Jonsson,might put that on later

The photograph says 1954 on it, which would fit in with the team members. I agree with bucket the rider on the front right is Keith Gurtner. Your probably right.the photo says 54 because that was my original thought going by the riders i knew but that guy at the front was making me think it was earlier. CHK, i was wondering why Pat Clarke wasn`t mentioned.he was one i expected to be there although i haven`t the faintest what he looks like

Great help so far Must say i`m amazed.Any info on Brian Davies and Jim Crowhurst,must say i don`t know them Never heard of Mac Woolford either.Thanks Bucket the Southampton team i wasn`t expecting too much help with.How wrong i was. Put a few more on.The Dons riders i think one is Ronnie Moore.Poole 88 Its the back row on either side of Neil Street.Rye House 1, its the no 6 kneeling.Rye House 2 ,the one at the back between Naylor and Andy Silver and the one kneeling in front of him.The other Rye House team i dont know the two riders between P.Shroek and R.R Ta As for the Courtnell brothers i see there is a T.Courtnell listed in 54 whats his first name if its him,anyone? Must admit when i have looked at the photo i always thought front left looked like a Russian then saw Hveem rode around that time so presummed it was him.Thanks Norbold

Thanks.Put a Swindon team on as well if you could help.I know the obvious ones Kilby,Broadbanks but guess you could give me the lot and a year :)Barry Duke with the beard?

Thanks so far.Must admit i have not seen a picture of Norman Hunter without facial hair i thought maybe Dickie May but was totally unsure.Doug Underwood was another i kinda thought of as he was the only one i knew with that style of beard.I reckoned the West Ham team was 1952 or 53 and the foreign looking rider kneeling left possibly B.Hveem?.The only one i`m fairly sure of is the Reading vs Oxford one as i took that Frigbo, any idea of the year for the Weymouth team?

Didn`t get a programme for the meeting and have no race results,just wondered if anyone has them? I know England won 63-45 and Kenny Carter was on top form but would like the heat results.Thanks

Not got a pm,but have put some pics on the webshots site.see the thread i started Thanks

Kevin H or any other Crusader fan i have a couple of pics of Canterbury riders circa 1970 that i cant identify.I have been on the Crusaders web site but cant see anyone like them there.is it possible to mail them to you to see if you can help.One looks a real bruiser with a striped shirt and a slight Elvis sneer Also got an Eastbourne rider i`m unsure of as well

Canadian team is same as i mentioned taken in 1938,at Custom House.Kneeling is George Pepper,J.Hoskins,Eric Chitty and his daughter then Jimmy Gibb

Vintage Speedway mag also had a question about a Canadian team from 1938 and had problems naming the riders.All they could do was name the riders that were on the tour.Bob Sparks,Elwood Stilwell,Bruce Venier, and Eddie Baker.The photo looks to be taken at the same time.Maybe one of them.VSM vol9.No4 if anyone has it

Its a good point.Seeing as Glasgow`s stadium was built in 1928 ,some 20 years after London.I don`t know when the others were built but i would have thought that White City was a bit "old hat" by then even allowing for the fact the world moved at a different pace back then as you know.

Definitely "Deutsche Jugendmeister 2002".He was 16 this time last year when riding in the Meck-Pomm Landesmeisterschaft at Güstrow finishing fourth behind Schultz,Hefenbrock and Daniel Rath.Bahnsport said he was the Überraschung of the day and the sub headline says "Danny Knakowski überragend" so he is definitely one to watch out for .oh,and i think he comes from Klaber but apart from being somewhere in M-Pomm it isnt on my map

To be honest the GP`s don`t interest me that much so i haven`t even seen what your talking about I`ll have a look but maybe German Speedway Fan might be a better help if he is around.I think he is more interested.I only know the stuff about getting a German rider a wild card for Prague if enough Germans buy tickets so i would have thought they would be happy for more to go with them

Was Junior champ 2002.Just moved to Güstrow this year from Teterow who seemed to get rid of their riders.Dont know much myself Searched through Bahnsport and found a bit more.Maybe the junior champ was just the Mecklenberg/Vorpommern champ.He was 26th in the 2.Bundesliga with a 7.5 ave for Teterow.he has a 3.75 ave this year in the 1st league to start withwhich is one of the lowest.He made the main final of the Ostseepokal at Teterow though finishing ahead of Klingberg and Havelock.He was in the German junior final last year and came 7th.I see he is also nominated for the Junior world champQuali at Abensberg along with Tobias Kroner and Martin Smolinski Hefenbrock and Thomas Stange riding in Latvia and Mathias Schultz riding in the semi final at Vetlanda.Dont know how old he is....

So its a case of Brazil being named after the nut rather than the nut being named after the country so to speak The area getting the name from the stadium Seems like a strange name to copy though especially so many time

Agree with you on the B-license riders.The way they picked themselves up after first bend bunching a couple of times and went back out was great to see But to say "Hampel sucked big time" on the German forum is a bit over the top.I mean i don`t know how often he has been to Güstrow but to get 9 points in such a line up ain`t too bad for a youngster Most of the others have quite a bit of experience there.I just thought he wasn`t used to such a tight track and after a couple of rides he improved,dont see such a big thing in the fact that Knakowski passed him ,these things happen