norbold 7,116 Posted January 16, 2023 A question. This year will see the 95th anniversary of the first meeting at High Beech. A special lunch is being held by the WSRA on 19 February to celebrate this event, with, I understand, an excellent guest speaker. Because it is a special anniversary, this year's celebration is being held at the original home, King's Oak. Since 2009, the annual celebration has been held at Paradise Wildlife Park, site of the Speedway Museum. Prior to that it was held at the King's Oak and organised by John Chaplin and Peter Lipscomb under their "Vintage Speedway Magazine" banner. The question is, does anyone know when John and Peter first organised the annual event? In which year? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,732 Posted January 18, 2023 On 1/16/2023 at 7:07 PM, norbold said: A question. This year will see the 95th anniversary of the first meeting at High Beech. A special lunch is being held by the WSRA on 19 February to celebrate this event, with, I understand, an excellent guest speaker. Because it is a special anniversary, this year's celebration is being held at the original home, King's Oak. Since 2009, the annual celebration has been held at Paradise Wildlife Park, site of the Speedway Museum. Prior to that it was held at the King's Oak and organised by John Chaplin and Peter Lipscomb under their "Vintage Speedway Magazine" banner. The question is, does anyone know when John and Peter first organised the annual event? In which year? A truly excellent speaker i agree. If i narrow it down to a prolific author from deepest Essex, i don’t think i will be far out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,992 Posted January 18, 2023 6 hours ago, racers and royals said: A truly excellent speaker i agree. If i narrow it down to a prolific author from deepest Essex, i don’t think i will be far out. Well not far from Norbold. Maybe he can answer the question of which year the first event was Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,732 Posted January 18, 2023 2 hours ago, iris123 said: Well not far from Norbold. Maybe he can answer the question of which year the first event was Surely you are not suggesting Norbold is another John Hyam and asks a question when he already knows the answer. !! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,116 Posted January 19, 2023 I have just heard from my good friend, man in black, Terry Stone, who tells me the first annual get-together at High Beech was in 1992. So I am prepared now to correct the speaker in case he makes a mistake in his speech. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,116 Posted February 19, 2023 Excellent lunch at the King's Oak today to celebrate the 95th anniversary of speedway in this country. I found myself sitting between Bert Harkins and Jim McMillan with Len Silver on the same table. Len, who is 91, was in great form with plenty of stories and anecdotes. The after-dinner speaker, who gave an illustrated history of High Beech, was good too! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chunky 6,096 Posted February 20, 2023 6 hours ago, norbold said: I found myself sitting between Bert Harkins and Jim McMillan Did you need an interpreter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,116 Posted February 20, 2023 9 hours ago, chunky said: Did you need an interpreter? One would have been helpful at times! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted March 3, 2023 I just wish I could have been there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
