Comparison I heard a few years back. Top division footballers fifty years ago would earn 6 times the amount of the average working man in the crowd. Today they earn 200 times the average working man.
Yes can re-call him posting a groveling apology to Workington speedway in order to get back in. "Would appear that after careful consideration Workington decided they would rather close than have him back"
Recently saw an old photo of Sheffield speedway. Think it was from 1947 with a crowd of 43000. That will probably be more than the crowd for the entire season now.