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The online stream is fine...

I've often said that because the tracks need a few races to settle, juniors should do a bunch of laps before the racing starts. With the weather today, I really think that would have helped...

Could make it interesting - as well as boring... Will Mr. Morris want to water the track?

Something weird going on, eh? There are a bunch of other 'Look at Life' documentaries on YouTube, but not that one.

Wow! I wish I could watch that... EDIT: It looks like there are several showings of the documentary - although it doesn't show the one listed! https://tv24.co.uk/p/look-at-life-riding-it-rough-gyinwc And there are compilation DVD's available...

Ta muchly! You are incredible!

Any streams available, please?

Yeah, I forgot 'Stars'... Still, you can't beat Doncaster. Two years, two names, two designs/colours, and not one rider appearing in both years!

Ah, yes! Well spotted! Panthers was the only one I'm not familiar with...

Not sure why I thought of this, but which British teams have had the most nicknames? Sunderland were the Saints and Gladiators, but I know that Oxford were the Cheetahs, Rebels, and poxy Silver Machine. Long Eaton may have the record as Rangers, Archers, Invaders, and "Nottingham" Outlaws... Any ideas?

Must admit, that is probably one of the most even for GP venues.

Definitely...

Yeah, he came up with a bunch of nicknames and monikers - usually alliterative - just for effect!

As was Buddy "The Bud Man" Robinson...

Thank you for that! I was thinking back, and I was sure that the Ace of Aces was on a hill. You couldn't see the top bend from the bottom of the hill...

And I still haven't found anything about 'Onandoff' Johnson... Perhaps there's something about him in the "Speedway Museum" thread???

I thought we'd covered this before...

Blah, blah, blah... He wasn't THAT bloody old!

Oh, come on... How could you leave out 'The Polka Dot Kid' - Chris Pusey?

Plus... Derek 'Tink' Maynard Maurice 'Slant' Payling 'Lemon-Drop Kid' - Pete Jarman Les 'Red' Ott Rob 'Five Flavors' Pfetzing Mark 'Buzz' Burrows

We had a few at Plough Lane. 'Smiling'Jim Kempster 'Salty' - Cyril Brine 'McGinty' - Dom Perry 'Piccolo' - Peter Moore Mike 'Zoomer' Coomber 'Slim Jim' Tebby 'Haggis' - Bert Harkins 'Hedgehopper' - Trevor Hedge 'Soapy' - Nigel Leaver 'Gentleman Jim' Dormer

Yeah; home favourite John Bostin won the meeting. He beat Nathan in their first ride, but after that, Nathan was by far the best rider on show. Had they met anytime other than their first ride, Nathan would have gone through the card.

Yeah, scared the hell out of me!

Let's not forget that Andy Grahame qualified for both the BLRC and NLRC the same year...

I always enjoyed my visits to the Groveway, but I thought that the track was usually a little bumpy. I went up there for a junior meeting, to watch Nathan Simpson - and Steve Hone!