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It is strange typing a defunct status along side the name Oxford. One of our senior clubs has now become defunct. I have started a webpage for the cheetahs or whatever else they may have been called. Calling fans do you want to share your pictures, programmes etc via the webpage. Click on the Defunct tracks link below Come back soon Oxford

Looks likely that each promoter would issue a set of racejackets, jumpers or football shirts and that legislation played no part in what the riders wore. Hah! a bit like today! Thanks for some interesting views and I hope your respective teams do well over the bank holiday weekend. Up at newcastle we will settle for the weather being kind

Looking at my old photos I notice that most riders had the club logo on the back of the racejacket, numbers appeared much later on. Does anyone know when the number became the norm on the back

Hi All, Just to let you know, I have been adding a few more photo's to the West Ham page of www.defunctspeedway.co.uk John

I have been busy with the Bristol (Knowle Stadium) page of the defunct teams website. One of the photos recently put on shows Laurel and Hardy at the track.

I believe the crowd that day was around the 12000 mark. The guys made other visits and enjoyed speedway. What would they say to modern day rules etc? "Another Fine Mess" presumably.

Jesper Olsen. His career was dogged by dislocated shoulders. I remember him leading a race at Hull and he tumbled off the bike. His shoulder had dislocated just turning the previous bend. He was a great rider and with a bit of luck he would have achieved more.

Just extended the old bikes section of www.newcastlespeedwayhistory.co.uk to 4 pages. There are lots of pictures of 1928/29 bikes. Douglas, Rudge, AJS, Norton etc as well as the main machine the JAP for 30 years or so.

We now have many many photos on the Rayleigh page of www.defunctspeedway.co.uk courtesy of ex rocket Terry Stone

Yes Yarmouth it is, thanks for pointing it out. Can anyone assist with any photos of Johnny for either webpage?

Ok Cyril it is not! Thanks for taking the time to help.

There is a picture of little Johnny on the Norwich page of www.defunctspeedway.co.uk If Johnny was the littlest ever rider it would have been interesting to see him beside Newcastles 1929 rider Harry Huntly whom at 6ft 8ins was the tallest ever

If you visit www.newcastlespeedwayhistory.co.uk and check out the "Name The Rider" page you will find a rider wearing the Newcastle racejacket. We are trying to determine exactly who he is. He is a dead ringer for Cyril Maidment and it may actually be him if he was guesting for the Diamonds. So Can you Help?

I am looking for photos and info on sand racing in the north east. Can you help? email jskinner06@btinternet.com

I have a photo of Reg West on the "Name The Rider" page of www.defunctspeedway.co.uk His daughter in law has been in touch with the website asking for help in obtaining any details of Reg's career --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would someone be able to help us find out anything more on Reginald Aldgate West. He was born in Tasmania but the family moved from there to Melbourne. He travelled all over Australia racing he was also known to have done some wrestling in his time. I have a Photo of him having won a race on his motorbike wearing his winners sash. He was my father-in-law. We know very little of his racing career. He travelled over to the UK with the Australian team to race at the Isle of Man/Wight in the early 1930's. We believe he raced all over the UK. He never went back to Australia. Seems he stopped racing at the start of the war. Could have been from serious injury? Any info would be great. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So does anyone know anything about the wrestling speedway rider? email jskinner06@btinternet.com

Check out www.newcastlespeedwayhistory.co.uk There are Hundreds of photos of Newcastle and Sunderland. The site could be the biggest speedway site on the internet. So if not the best clubsite at least we are hoping to be the largest. We ae looking for more items so have a look and get in touch if you have items you think should be on there. Newcastle had 4 world champions Ivan Mauger, Ole Olsen, Anders Michanek and Nicki Pedersen Perhaps you have pictures of these four riders winning the world crown? I will use them if you want to email jskinner06@btinternet.com

The old helmet had an inscription of K D Curtis which set me off on a wild goose chase looking for a KD Curtis, obviously K D was "Kid" with a very faint i. So with help here on the forum I have decided that the Helmet inscription spelt K-I-D and that it's owners name was Frederick George Curtis born London 1920. Thank you for your help and have a look at the webpage History Site Pre War

Kid Curtis was part of Newcastle's pre war team and I think again after the war. I have a photograph and an old helmet with his name on it and I would like to put together 2 or 3 paras on the Newcastle History Site. Does anyone know much about Kid email me jskinner06@btinternet.com

Yes please Bill email address jskinner06@btinternet.com Also interested in Norman Hargreaves or in fact any ex newcastle riders not covered much by the Newcastle History Site How did we get from Kid KD Curtis to Fred Curtis I wonder? He is obviously the same man

Please visit www.defunctspeedway.co.uk then visit the Yarmouth page. I have added another 6 pictures of the track If you remember speedway at Yarmouth you will love the defunct speedway website

I remember Martin as a visiting rider at Brough Park, heading home the Owens and lowering our track record. Problem was geography we never got to see Martin apart from league matches. Can anyone supply a bit of info about him.

Thanks speedyguy. Heres a link to one of my sites pre war pages Newcastle Pre War I have photographed Kid Curtis's crash helmet, not that my camera could do this 70 year old helmet justice

My friend Jack o Diamonds lent me the number 1 Castleford Programme. It was an individual meeting won by Rod Hunter of Newcastle. I have used the programme to start a Castleford page on the website Visit the Website If you have any Castleford stuff please get in touch by email jskinner06@btinternet.com

Looking for scans of photos etc for http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Rayleigh.htm Please email jskinner06@btinternet.com

If you have photos programmes badges rosettes and can scan them I would be happy to receive them to add to the Southampton page on www.defunctspeedway.co.uk