customhouseregular

Sweden produced a string of stylish riders in the 60’s and 70’s. I rather liked Sjosten and Michanek myself.

On the subject of Knutsson and Nordin, my first Wimbledon Internationale was 1965. Both were competing, as were Fundin, Briggs and Harrfedt, along with a rider I came to admire, Charlie Monk. Knutsson won the world title that year, Briggs the previous and following years. Harrfeldt was second in 1966 and Fundin champion the following year. Nordin was a previous world number 3. It’s almost worth growing old to have memories and watching such great riders at the top of their profession.

Nordin was another favourite of mine.

Alas poor Norick

Bjorn Knutsson

Very very sad

When I started supporting West Ham in 1964 I had no inkling the Hammers would be no more just a few years later. Speedway seemed to be on a secure footing and we expected the tracks we visited would always be there. Contrast that with the situation now. Today’s fans must start every season wondering whether their team would be in action the following season. Very sad and also very frustrating. I don’t really have the means to research this, but I would probably be staggered to know how many teams and tracks followed West Ham in to the history books.

Malcolm Obviously

There was a West Indian chap who was part of our group at West Ham, though I admit I don’t remember any other ethnic minority fans, home or away.

I’d rather be asleep than a woke.

Why woke though?

What the **** is a woke. I read this word everywhere and I don’t have a clue.

I spent a year in Vancouver and practically every person I met thought I was Australian.

This may be slightly off topic and maybe the Jokes thread is the correct place but...watch on YouTube Benny Hill... Mr. Chow Mein auditions as a ventriloquist. Some may think this racist but I don’t, it’s really funny.

One reason why I asked why?

Why?

Pretty much like the Speedway Results site that suddenly disappeared. It had a wealth of information and I used to refer to it regularly.

Probably only rode there once and forgot.

I had a photo of Len taken sometime between 1960 and 1964, at Rye House and wearing aRed Devils body colour. When I mentioned this to Len at Rayleigh c.1967 he said he had never ridden at Rye.

My case made. Under the rules the team scoring the most points often as not don’t win. Daft or what?.

Great win though can’t disguise the fact we scored 10 points less than Poland.

Good job I wasn’t there then

I don’t. Things worked perfectly well back in the day.

Could be... Mildenhall maybe

Quite probably somewhere out of the way where most of the riders don’t want to go.