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Charlie Monk not to be confused with Bobby Monk !!!

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James Sargent and George Major.

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Tich Read

 

Wally Green

 

Tiger Stevenson

 

Dent Oliver

 

Wally Trumble

 

Alby Golden

 

Bo Wirebrand

 

Bluey Wilkinson

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Crocky Rawding (Canada), 1930s rider.

 

Goldie Restall (Canada(, 1930s rider.

 

'Thunderclap" Davis, 1950s Rye House and Yarmouth junior - he worked as a meat porter in London's Smithfield Market.

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'Cisco Kid' Johnnie Fry - West Ham, Oxford, Eastbourne - among several other teams.

 

'Duke of Canning Town' Ray Terry - Harringay junior, Rayleigh junior, Eastbourne.

 

Both mainly early 1950s riders.

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Russ Dent.

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This has never been confirmed to me, but a speedway contact tells me that Ralph Horne - a jockey turned speedway rider - and especially active at Belle Vue, Coventry, Belfast and Wigan between 1946-51 was nicknamed 'Shoe' by some supporters!

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