Guest Posted April 16, 2017 Link from SpeedwayPlus: RIP Plough Lane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted April 16, 2017 Link from SpeedwayPlus: RIP Plough Lane Very sad gustix. :sad: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Doctor... 1,478 Posted April 16, 2017 Good bit of research there iris123. Re the Arsenal redevelopment, it was only the facades that were listed - i lived next to the ground during those days and it was odd seeing them demolish 99.9 of the stadium and literally left a ten foot wide outer skin of the east and west stands. Quite a bizarre sight. Re the hoover building, still looks lovely from the outside as you pass it on the A40 - not so good round the other side...been a tesco for donkeys years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve roberts 9,246 Posted April 17, 2017 Re the Arsenal redevelopment, it was only the facades that were listed - i lived next to the ground during those days and it was odd seeing them demolish 99.9 of the stadium and literally left a ten foot wide outer skin of the east and west stands. Quite a bizarre sight. Re the hoover building, still looks lovely from the outside as you pass it on the A40 - not so good round the other side...been a tesco for donkeys years. That takes me back days travelling pass the Hoover Building on Western Avenue on my way to White City! One of my favourite buildings as I do enjoy a bit of Art Deco. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,986 Posted May 3, 2017 Wimbledon Stadium fire: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/3461983/plough-lane-fire-wimbledon-merton/ All a false alarm and cleared up on another thread yesterday http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=74153&page=37 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,986 Posted May 3, 2017 Wimbledon Stadium fire: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/3461983/plough-lane-fire-wimbledon-merton/ All a false alarm and cleared up on another thread yesterday http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=74153&page=37 I forgot to mention when I made the quoted Post that this Link came to me via an email from Bob Andrews in New Zealand. Bob of course was a big favourite when he rode for the Dons. Intriguing perhaps that he should have found the comment in the first place so soon after the incident happened? Not really sure of the relevance.Still a false alarm that was already explained yesterday.Maybe Bob didn't know that,but surely looking at the thread would have put matters to bed before posting old news? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,986 Posted May 3, 2017 You just will not give up! I did not see the item on the Wimbledon Stadium: Some Important News thread simply because it is not one that I visit regularly. Until today, May 3, at 4.13pm, I had not been there since APRIL 4 at 10.15pm. Maybe that's the reason I did not know about the fire until I heard from Bob Andrews. Can you manage to grasp that point? Really John?Is that not one of the threads you have posted loads and i am not exagerating when i say loads of posts there as well as here?Not going to count them though.But when you visit a thread surely you notice what has been posted earlier just to make sure.Not as if there was much activity recently anyway until yesterday on there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,986 Posted May 3, 2017 You really do come out with some rot.you posted on both threads!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Besides being a Wimbledon junior rider during the club's Conference League era from 2002-2005, Cecil Forbes was also the Wimbledon speedway's electrician. The action photo of Cecil Forbes was taken at Wimbledon's 2002 pre-season practice. Below = Wimbledon Reunion March 12 2017. Cecil Forbes, left, and Mark 'Buzz' Burrows. Edited May 5, 2017 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 5, 2017 (edited) From the 2002 Conference League reopening. Rob Painter (??, left) and Cecil Forbes. Edited May 5, 2017 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 22, 2017 This looks to be the end for Wimbledon Stadium: http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/15362094.Green_light_for_new_AFC_Wimbledon_grounds_as_greyhound_stadium_will_NOT_be_listed/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityrebel 2,960 Posted June 22, 2017 White city and wembley's twin towers were never listed, and they were Olympic stadiums. Plough lane has deteriorated so much in the last decade, it never stood a chance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,986 Posted June 22, 2017 As i stated when this idea was announced,it was a no-goer.I was just surprised anyone thought there was ever a chance...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted June 22, 2017 No chance of a Speedway Track being incorporated in to the proposed new Stadium I suppose? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salty 2,202 Posted June 23, 2017 No chance of a Speedway Track being incorporated in to the proposed new Stadium I suppose? Zero % chance I'm afraid. 602 flats are incorporated in the site's rebuilding. Speedway never really stood a chance - the other possible developer (which would have kept a dog track) was still going to involve a lesser amount of housing and had no plans to involve motor sport. The money boys won. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
