Classic Speedway Memories July Edition

[Beirao 203]

This month's edition features

 Ayr 1937 - going back nearly 80 years to when The Honest Toun staged speedway

Twas Fifty Years Ago - a look at the Daily Mirror International Tournament of 1973

Pity They Didn't Come Over - Aussies who never came over to ride in the BL

Big Birthdays - more candles to blow out

Anyone Remember Number 8 - what happened on July 30, 1966?

July Obituaries - Billy Bales 

Preview of the August Edition

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Edited July 14, 2023 by Beirao
Correction

[steve roberts 9,247]

26 minutes ago, Beirao said:

This month's edition features

 Ayr 1937 - going back nearly 80 years to when The Honest Toun staged speedway

Two Become One in 1957  - how the two leagues amalgamated

Pity They Didn't Come Over - Aussies who never came over to ride in the BL

Big Birthdays - more candles to blow out

Anyone Remember Number 8 - what happened on July 30, 1966?

July Obituaries - Billy Bales 

Preview of the August Edition

classicspeedwaymemories.webador.co.uk/

Great that you're keeping this thread going...much appreciated!

[steve roberts 9,247]

Interesting where there were a couple of references made to full face helmets (a thread was created on the BSF a while back) and that they may well have been a contributory factor to at least two riders in Aussie suffering with life changing injuries because of the design of them when first introduced.