OK, I know we've done this before (nicknames), but I was reading an article on 1929 by Denys Jones in the latest article of Vintage Speedway Magazine and I was struck by the colourful names employed in the early days of the sport. These are just some of the names of riders who appeared in the Northern League (English League) in 1929:
Dusty Haigh
Buster Breaks
Skid Knock
Slider Shuttleworth
Nobby Kendrick
Sprouts Griffiths
Skid Pelvin
Crasher Coxhead
Smoky Stratton
Bronco Dixon
Yank Harrison
Skid Skinner
Speed Formby
Bunny Wilcox
Riskit Riley
Smoke Robinson
Skid Hanley
I wonder what Crasher Coxhead did to earn his nickname? And as for Smoke Robinson, didn't he later go on to be a singer.....
Where are they now??? Sigh!!!