shazzybird

"Free" did someone mention my favourite word here Is there a "Free" return flight available as well

Was with my Dad yesterday morning and we were chatting about speedway in the 70's as we do :!: Found out that Dad was introduced to speedway by being a mechanic for Tyburn Gallows , when Tyburn had a serious accident JH found dad a job as Starting Marshall @ Kingsmead. Dad worked for Invicta Motors at the time, who JH approached to purchase a tractor for the track, Invictas (being a local firm on the Sturry Road) lent a tractor each week for track grading (If ever the tractor broke down Dad being a mechanic @ the time, was the one called out to go and fix it :!: ) anyone who had an interest in speedway was given the opportunity to go and help with the track preparation, interest slowly dwindled off but two people remained keen, my Dad and "Uncle" Paddy Patterson who became JH's Trackman eventually becoming Clerk of the Course. After a number of years doing the start, Dad went into the pits as Machine Examiner & Pit Marshall, One memory of this is when Dad had to strip the bike of Mark Courtney after he had won the Under 21 Final @ Kingsmead, which he did so in front of the stand for fans to watch and answer questions regarding the mechanics of the bike. Happy Days

Just make sure you finish whats in the bottle and empty your bladder before you enter the Stadium :!:

Good Luck with the site 121, will have a word with family members and see what we can come up with our end for you

Honestly.... I was sat in the pub watching the GP with another speedway fan and about 12 non fans and too be honest I was hoping to win a few of them over for the sake of the sport, alas not, they still think it's boring, in their words "first out the trap wins" which as I watched each race that was exactly how it looked, Holte, Pedersen...well done... Tony Rickardsson .... hurts me to say it but he was pure class! Every inch a World Champ again!

Never far away Ian you know me just been having a browse, some photos there brought tears to my eyes as I'm sure they will my Dad when he gets here for breakfast in the morning and I show him the site, Team Managers name missing from a couple of team photos : Russ Osbourne Picture 23 : Don't ya just love him Sidecar 121 many thanks for all the memories there xx

Spooky whilst you was writing the above I was @ my Aunties asking about the starting traps, she also said they were used @ Canterbury in the second half of Canterburys programme and the idea was improve starts, tapes were also used, in the picture it does look like the tapes are already up. So another theory was to stop each rider seeing when the other had let the clutch out. :roll:

Too memories to mention, mainly from the 70's/80's Rye House on a Sunday afternoon was always a good day out :!: Especially if the River had burst it's banks (Again!!) when the pubs new dance floor that was illuminated got waterlogged and fused!

I'll be cheering for all the Brits, but am really hoping for Mark to be there! 3rd time lucky (Hopefully xx)

you wont be able to miss me and my family most of us have Union Jack shirts for Cardiff :!: and off course probably carrying my forum fleece if the weather is as nice as last year!

quite agree frigbo but are we really surprised :?:

I'll ask my dad he was Starting Marshall @ Kingsmead

waste of time too by the looks of it

oh Honey, what sort of replies are you gonna get to that I wonder

Nail on head Honey

Grow up all of you, if you can't post something decent to read then don't contribute at all :!: After all with postings like the above with just names on is wasting space on your forum :!:

Come on you lot, wheres all your Canterbury memories???????????

My m8 at the mo is reading over my shoulder, now she is not a speedway fan of any way shape or form, so when she saw this thread she commented on how this thread would be most suited to her, until I explained that it meant Speedway Rider some people :!: :!: Just had to share that little comment with her

how

Lioness I leave the white stilletoes for the Essex gals' (no offence meant there to any girl from Essex) am closer to France than I am to Essex, keep a look out for a girl in Cardiff with Onions on a string round her neck :!: got the earrings right though

lol I love you all really xx seriously though I can remember the names of the people I met, but the only person I think I would recognise would be Krissie :!: I take it @ Cardiff we are wearing our forum items :?: I just love my fleece and looking for a clever person to sew "Shazzybird" around the emblem, hopefully this will be done by June :!: That way the Scots will know who they have to buy a drink for to prove they are not tight Right off to find the bunker (quickly) :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

Thought so, there is no way on this earth 20,000 Scots would part with their money to come south (oh well with that comment I will no doubt be meeting a lot of Scots @ Cardiff this year , but I bet it's not when it's their round

Did you make these figures up Jo or are these right :?: (purely out of interest)

You'll get used to me Frigbo and my tact it does lack somewhat

Screenie the crowd loves him :!: Stoney was quoted last year as saying "The atmosphere out there is brilliant, shame I have to ride" Oh well Stoney you got ya wish this year m8y 8)