iris123

I have just moved off topic a little bit,just like you did on another thread today John.Are you saying you and Sid are allowed(his Southampton remark)but i am not?What is your point? Belle Vue or Cradley? http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=83556

Got to have a track in Penge,so gustix can make it without too much bovver

Andrew Silver round the old frying pan,that would have been worth the money alone.What a sight to see him hanging off round those bends,eh? Which brings me to another thought......pick 4 British riders and a track for a great race I would love to have seen Farndon,Collins,Craven and Lee in a series of heats at New Cross

So it is one rule for some and another rule for others is it Robin? You didn't keep to the rules,why should i? http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=83567&do=findComment&comment=2920166 Southampton and Norwich would be top of the list for me,if we are talking about tracks outside of London

Peter Craven,Peter Collins,Mike Lee,Bruce Penhall,Mark Loram,Tommy Jansson,Tom Farndon,Brain Crutcher,Split Waterman,Fred Williams

2003-2004!!! If that was me it was an insignificant forum conversation to say the least.Sorry for forgetting it

Absolutely Steve.The total lack of alternative stadiums as one after another dog track was lost to development.Even the highly unlikely i know,chance of a football stadium was lost as the likes of Stamford Bridge were re-developed and the track was lost as the ends were squared up

It is an automatic edit,done by the forum when you post that name Nothing personal.It happens to anyone who tries to post it

No.Honestly,you have posted these boxes a few times in comments and i have no idea what they are supposed to mean. my input,is that of course it is a sad state of affairs that we no longer have speedway in the capital.So many great tracks lost and so many fans lost to the sport.As i posted somewhere else,it was possible back in 1928 to get to 3 meetings on a Bank Holiday just in London.Think in all there might have been as many as 6 on the one day,but you would have missed some of them.Maybe could have seen a few heats at each meeting though.That was an amazing time and i would love to go back to one of those early days in a time machine.....

That is why i was asking for an explanation.Doubt i am the only one confused.I'd bet gustix has no idea what your banter is about either

What is this supposed to mean and does it have any relevance to speedway in London?

Not sure if he was in the group putting up any mone,but i remember in one of the first pieces in the press that Bert Harkins seemed to be involved.Maybe just as a figurehead?Remember my parents sending me over a clipping from a local newspaper

I think it was a certain Dave of that surname who had problems with the law and because of that it wasn't allowed to mention his name here.Not sure he was ever a member of this forum though

http://bobandrewsspeedway.tripod.com/bobandrewswim61febmar.htm

Speedway XI football team? My mums uncle Viv Harwood was closely involved with them i believe

Some amateur video,but good quality and quite good in amongst the fans i think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn6-51LwRnc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmLhqavChDs

Have to say even though i come from London i can't stand Danny Dyer either But the midlands accent is terrible.Everyone sounds so divvy,like Benny from Crossroads or the midlands bloke from Auf Wiedersehen Pet

Oh,i did see a comment that there were more fans before the delay!! Wish you better luck tomorrow

I guess so.Doesn't seem that Biddle was in the class of Jack Parker.Unless the "show" was Biddle was a great starter and Jack toyed with him before making a pass

It would make sense if he was a BSA employee to be riding at the track by the factory..Possibly where he started out.But what is the connection with Jack Parker?Wasn't he at Coventry at this time(1929)? Again having checked the Researcher it seems some data isn't available,so he could have ridden.Maybe it is though just false info

Have seen in the 1958 American Motorcycle mag that there is a listing in Hancocks Bridge,New Jersey for a Biddle's BSA and Ariel sales and services.Could this be the same guy who went back and set up a shop?Not unlike former riders of the time

Some info http://www.wikivisually.com/wiki/Sprouts_Elder

Todays GP has been put back a coupleof hours because of heavy fog,but it looks like it will be hard to get a meeting!!!!! http://medeu.com.kz/cameras/ Not many fans turned up,unless they are all in the bars keeping warm Edit:Now it looks like the fog has cleared and they are working towards starting the meeting

You also had the brother of Leopold Killmeyer,Karl,who was a well known entertainer as well as rider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrXTKP3uuW0 Pre-Egon Müller of course