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As far as I know he is still in the land of the living.

I remember Tiger Beech very well. Rayleigh and Rye House mainly. His real first name was David. An average 5/6 point second string.

There's been no loss of commentary at all on Eurosport.

I see Kelvin's maths are as good as ever.

My main memory of Hackney is walking across Hackney Marshes to get there. It was the only track in my 60 odd years of speedway that I have lived in walking distance of!

As Oxford can only get 43 points with three fives, why do Leicester still need one point? Oh dear, Kelvin.

Kelvin can't do maths.

It was Imperial Echoes. (I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles was/is the football team's song.)

And now 91 and still looking as fit as he did in his prime. Happy birthday to my hero and good friend, Ove.

Speedway out of the top drawer.

You must be as thick as me….apparently!

Except, as I said, if you report porn videos on a speedway page.

Facebook is a law unto itself. Several months ago there was a spate of porn videos posted on the New Cross Supporters page. I reported them to Facebook and they replied that they did not go against their community standards!

Yes. Now please enlighten me.

What's that supposed to mean?

Updated weather report form Clacton just over 25 miles south of Ipswich, at 15:55 . Blue skies, sun shining, roads have dried up. Such a shame. Would have been a good night for speedway if they could have moved Foxhall a little bit south.....

Turned out nice again down here in Tendring. P.S. The sun is now shining, the birds are singing and all is right with the world...

Meanwhile just south of Suffolk in North Essex, we've had a bit of rain - not much - and it's stopped now. Edit: Ooops...it's just started again. Maybe they should call it off!

It's on the Ipswich Website that it's been postponed. Seems a bit premature though as the forecast is that the rain will clear by 4 p.m. I was actually planning to go tonight as well.....

More on Wilbur Lamoreaux:

I was replying to BL65's post not yours, which is why I quoted it.

Split (Squire Francis) Waterman

I thought you might have mentioned Squire Francis Waterman, Split!

Thanks for that, Chunky. Yes, the earliest record I had to hand was from 1952 but I assumed the three lap tradition must have gone back to when they re-opened after the War. It is interesting though that some races were four laps. I knew that pre-War, four laps had been the standard.