fatface 2,698 Posted June 20 Had a couple of trips there in the 80s as a kid. And of all the away visits, I have to say - as a kid - the area always felt like a bit of a rough and ready place. Much more so than other tracks. I went back there to the same area many years later with the intents to shoot a video of inner city kids doing Olympic sports as a legacy piece. The reality was it was very different, very gentrified and difficult to find the grit and grime I was looking for! The kids too were annoyingly brilliantly articulate....not the poor urchins we had planned on! In a roundabout way, what I am saying is, when an area gets the "regeneration" treatment, then speedway's days in that area are numbered. It's difficult to pick out exactly where it was now, I know Waterden Road is still there, but as I understand it, the roads have also changed. Is the Copper Box now sited on the old Hackney Stadium footprint? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMac 722 Posted June 20 Thanks to all for taking the time and trouble to respond. Cheers, TMc 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHR2 31 Posted June 20 Looking forward to a Your West Ham thread. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldhawk 82 Posted June 22 Hackney Hawks - Pride of London ! : ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHR2 31 Posted June 22 Coming in just behind the Hammers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldhawk 82 Posted June 22 I went there as a kid in 1970 & 1971. Nice to have stadium to yourself ; ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
