Leeds Lass 0 Posted November 25, 2007 Hi everyone I'm a newbie to this forum, so please bear with me.... I'm currently researching my family history and been given a snippet of information about a part of my family I just cannot track down. My one gem of a lead, is that a relative Denise (surname Buckley?) was married to Wally Lloyd. However, despite googling and trawling the internet I cannot find out anything about him, other than that he rode in the 30's / 40's for Birmingham and Belle Vue (that's going by the score tables I have found!). This would make sense as this branch of my family all lived in Birmingham. Has anyone, please!!!!, got any info on him or better still any pictures would be fab! Thanks LL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyP 3 Posted November 25, 2007 One of the Brummies Historians on the Birmingham Speedway Fans Forum may be able to help you. Brian Bott is the man to speak to for all things Birmingham Speedway. Please note you have to subscribe to view and post http://www.brummiespeedway.co.uk/phpBB2/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,116 Posted November 26, 2007 (edited) Wally Lloyd was a top man and one of the 1928 pioneers. He rode at Hall Green and Perry Barr in 1929. In 1930 he moved on to Crystal Palace. Then to Lea Bridge in 1931, Southampton in 1932. Back to Clapton (Lea Bridge) when Southampton moved there later in 1932, where he stayed in 1933. In 1934 he returned to Hall Green. In 1935 he rode for Hackney Wick and then on to Wembley for two seasons. In 1938 he moved to Wimbledon. He made his Test debut for England at Sydney in the 1937/38 series. In 1938/39 he appeared in all five Tests. He made his home Test debut in 1939 at Wimbledon. In 1946 he joined Belle Vue and scored 159 points. He also qualified for the British Riders' Championship final that year, scoring five points. He remained with Belle Vue in 1947, scoring 177 points. He raced in two further Test seris in 1947 and 1948. He then retired from racing to become manager at Walthamstow in 1949. His brother, Jeff, was another top rider. He rode for Newcastle, New Cross and Harringay amongst others. Do you want some more information on him as well? P.S. I have photographs of both Wally and Jeff Lloyd. Where shall I send them? Edited November 26, 2007 by norbold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedyguy 20 Posted November 26, 2007 Wally Lloyd was a top man and one of the 1928 pioneers. He rode at Hall Green and Perry Barr in 1929. In 1930 he moved on to Crystal Palace. Then to Lea Bridge in 1931, Southampton in 1932. Back to Clapton (Lea Bridge) when Southampton moved there later in 1932, where he stayed in 1933. In 1934 he returned to Hall Green. In 1935 he rode for Hackney Wick and then on to Wembley for two seasons. In 1938 he moved to Wimbledon. He made his Test debut for England at Sydney in the 1937/38 series. In 1938/39 he appeared in all five Tests. He made his home Test debut in 1939 at Wimbledon. In 1946 he joined Belle Vue and scored 159 points. He also qualified for the British Riders' Championship final that year, scoring five points. He remained with Belle Vue in 1947, scoring 177 points. He raced in two further Test seris in 1947 and 1948. He then retired from racing to become manager at Walthamstow in 1949. His brother, Jeff, was another top rider. He rode for Newcastle, New Cross and Harringay amongst others. Do you want some more information on him as well? P.S. I have photographs of both Wally and Jeff Lloyd. Where shall I send them? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Can you be more specific? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leeds Lass 0 Posted November 26, 2007 Hi Andy Thanks for the link - I'll get subscribed there as well. Norbold Thanks for the potted history! I'll PM my email address to you in a bit, as I am certainly interested in a pic. Thanks LL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Tregidgo 0 Posted December 20, 2007 Jeff and Wally were also involved with "Lloyd Diamond" in London, a company specializing in tuning and speedway supplies during the forties fifties or thereabout Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barcroftlad 4 Posted January 8, 2008 Hi everyone I'm a newbie to this forum, so please bear with me.... I'm currently researching my family history and been given a snippet of information about a part of my family I just cannot track down. My one gem of a lead, is that a relative Denise (surname Buckley?) was married to Wally Lloyd. However, despite googling and trawling the internet I cannot find out anything about him, other than that he rode in the 30's / 40's for Birmingham and Belle Vue (that's going by the score tables I have found!). This would make sense as this branch of my family all lived in Birmingham. Has anyone, please!!!!, got any info on him or better still any pictures would be fab! Thanks LL <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Leeds Lass- I'm an ex Keighley Lad !! For interest I googled " Speedway Wally Lloyd" and picked up on 6 different links to Wally,including some photos. One of the links had some unidentified 30's riders. When I get a bit of time I might try to enlarge them. Cheers and good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lloydy54 1 Posted November 3, 2010 Hi my name is Kevin Lloyd, My father was Wally Lloyd,And my Mother was Denise Lloyd nee Buckley. If you want any infomation about my father and my family please feel free to E mail me Kevin Lloyd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lloydy54 1 Posted November 3, 2010 Jeff and Wally were also involved with "Lloyd Diamond" in London, a company specializing in tuning and speedway supplies during the forties fifties or thereabout Hi my father was Wally Lloyd and as I believe the " Lloyd Dymond" company was run by Les Dymond and Wally, not sure if Jeff had any involvement in the company, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lloydy54 1 Posted November 3, 2010 <!--QuoteBegin-norbold+Nov 26 2007, 10:15 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (norbold @ Nov 26 2007, 10:15 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Wally Lloyd was a top man and one of the 1928 pioneers. He rode at Hall Green and Perry Barr in 1929. In 1930 he moved on to Crystal Palace. Then to Lea Bridge in 1931, Southampton in 1932. Back to Clapton (Lea Bridge) when Southampton moved there later in 1932, where he stayed in 1933. In 1934 he returned to Hall Green. In 1935 he rode for Hackney Wick and then on to Wembley for two seasons. In 1938 he moved to Wimbledon. He made his Test debut for England at Sydney in the 1937/38 series. In 1938/39 he appeared in all five Tests. He made his home Test debut in 1939 at Wimbledon. In 1946 he joined Belle Vue and scored 159 points. He also qualified for the British Riders' Championship final that year, scoring five points. He remained with Belle Vue in 1947, scoring 177 points. He raced in two further Test seris in 1947 and 1948. He then retired from racing to become manager at Walthamstow in 1949. His brother, Jeff, was another top rider. He rode for Newcastle, New Cross and Harringay amongst others. Do you want some more information on him as well? P.S. I have photographs of both Wally and Jeff Lloyd. Where shall I send them? <div align='right'><a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1086900"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--> Can you be more specific? <img src="http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Hi just one thing to add to your history of Wally Lloyd, He told me that he was the first rider to ride around the track at Wembley, to test the track. My son Alan Lloyd who got the chance to ride his bike around the old stadium, was the last rider to ride in the stadium all be it on the dog track the speedway track had been removed years before. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TigerTom 0 Posted November 8, 2010 Two signed photos of the Lloyd brothers on e bay but expensive. I have a few Aussie programs from the Time Wally rode in Australia. Several have his name written on thewm in pencil. I was told every rider got a copy of the program with there name on the top so they most likely were Wally's. Tiger Tom... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonyd 165 Posted November 9, 2010 Question time folks ........ When I was a kid and lived in Wembley there was a car spares shop in Ealing Road, Wembley called Lloyds and I was told by a family member in a passing comment that it was owned by an ex speedway rider. So im just asking the question to see if anyone know`s if this was the same Wally Lloyd we are talking about here? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 767 Posted November 13, 2010 (edited) Wally Lloyd was a top man and one of the 1928 pioneers. He rode at Hall Green and Perry Barr in 1929. In 1930 he moved on to Crystal Palace. ... He made his Test debut for England at Sydney in the 1937/38 series. In 1938/39 he appeared in all five Tests. He made his home Test debut in 1939 at Wimbledon. Wally Lloyd had made his test debut for England much earlier, but this of course in a non-official test on his tour of South Africa on December 12 of 1930 at the Ellis Park Cindrena in Johannesburg. He scored five points from three rides in England's 37-17 win over South Africa. Wally Lloyd was one of the most promient figures in pre-war South African speedway, as he was one of the first overseas riders to race there in the 1929/30 season, then came back with the first English touring team in the 1930/31 season and again rode in South Africa in 1935/36, when he and a very young Phil Bishop had plans to move there permanently and join a consortium of speedway promoters. Wally Lloyd returned to ride speedway in S.Africa shortley after the war in 1946, this time accompanied by his younger brother Jeff. Edited November 13, 2010 by Bavarian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clem 0 Posted September 10, 2021 Hi all, Just randomly signed up to this as the chat came up on google when I put something else in .. my grandad was Les Dymond, from Lloyd Dymond, really interesting hearing the background below. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted September 12, 2021 Hi Leeds Lass , I would contact jskinner@btinternet.com, he runs a website called Defunct Speedways. Both Wally and Jeff Lloyd were great speedway stars and John Skinner's website would definitely contain photos and info. on them both. John is a very helpful speedway historian 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites