First meeting-how many riders still alive.

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41 minutes ago, Split said:

I may be wrong but I think Barry Briggs would have been in that New Cross team and Barry at 87 is still with us.

Briggo didn't join until later in the year.......but Billy Bales was riding for Norwich and I'm sure he is alive.

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Yup, Billy is definitely still alive.

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2 hours ago, andout said:

Briggo didn't join until later in the year.......but Billy Bales was riding for Norwich and I'm sure he is alive.

Yes. Briggo joined later in the year so was not in the first match I saw.

As I said above, Billy Bales was riding and is still alive and I met up with him at the Norwich lunch last October.

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My first speedway meeting was at New Cross in April 1946. Sadly not one of the riders is now alive. Those who competed that memorable night were: Ron Johnson, Phil Bishop, Les Wotton, Eric French, Geoff Pymar, Jack Cooley, Mick Mitchell, Jack White, Jack Parker, Ron Clarke, Tommy Price, Oliver Hart, Wally Lloyd. Mike Erskine, Ed 'Crusty' Pye, Bob Wells.

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Blimey John your first meeting was six months before I was born!!