BOBBATH 467 Posted August 3, 2009 What about Alby Golden and Len Silver!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,988 Posted August 3, 2009 What about Alby Golden and Len Silver!! And at the weekend i saw Freddie Broms ride........ok.I'll get me coat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parsloes 1928 nearly 495 Posted August 3, 2009 Someone has mentioned Raymond Humphries already aka Tyburn Gallows in the years gone by section it does say how he got the name. Changed by deed pole as he was the last apprentice hangman at Tyburn. Hmm, five and half years ago and no-one has picked up on shazzy's amazing gaffe...!! The gallows at Tyburn was last used in 1783!!! I know the Canterbury Crusaders liked picking the odd old-timer but surely not someone over 200 years old!!! A more modern example has slipped thru' the net to date: that young Aussie, elder brother of Sam, named by parents who'd presumably been celebrating the birth of their first-born son a little too hard: Corey Dore!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
star ghost 7 Posted August 3, 2009 As usual with mentions of old timers I must add Wandering Wal Morton and Geoff Pymar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sotonian 610 Posted August 3, 2009 Ken 'Pubic' Eyre, former Ace and Wolf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keef 105 Posted August 4, 2009 Arne Pander Colin Goody Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Third Man 2,217 Posted August 4, 2009 Hereward Pike from sheffield i think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Panda 366 Posted August 4, 2009 Joe Boccus (sp) used to ride for Poole many years ago.................... RP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted August 4, 2009 Thirdman, I think it was Harwood(not Hereward) Pike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim Templeton 43 Posted August 4, 2009 Joe Boccus (sp) used to ride for Poole many years ago.................... RP The spelling was Bowkis I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
star ghost 7 Posted August 4, 2009 Harwood Pike & Joe Bowkis are correct ................. Now await someone saying they were joking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Panda 366 Posted August 4, 2009 The spelling was Bowkis I believe. Thanks had a mental block when writing it........................ RP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandman 0 Posted August 4, 2009 The 300 pound American rider Tumbleweed Walton! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psymon 0 Posted August 4, 2009 One of the current Coventry Cougars (who sometimes ride in the second half) is the wonderfully named Dakota North. I started watching speedway back in the early 70's at Rye House where the riders had good sensible names like Dingle Brown and Tiger Beech Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DK Rides Again 4 Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) I always thought, as a kid, that you needed a 'different' name to be a speedway rider and still, to this day, I hear the occasional name and think "he should've been in speedway!" My perrenial favourites are Wimbledon second halvers, Pip Austen and Rocky Couttes (does anyone know what happened to Rocky, I've asked a couple of times and never got an answer). I also like the sound of Jerran Hart (I presume he's no relation?). Edited August 4, 2009 by DK Rides Again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
