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Just thought I'd let you all know the news regarding the magical New Cross book about which John can't find any details... He emailed me the link on the museum website for it, in case anyone wants it! I know, I know, WHAT museum website? Do you need the link, Norman?

If you look at their figures compared to the previous year, you can see exactly what happened. Of course, a lot of it was down to Tyler and Evans, but when every team member raises their average (the top seven by a total of 11.47) that's impressive. Of course, when your worst riders are still well over 5, that gives you great strength in depth. When they won at Edinburgh, Dave Perks had a poor night, Pidcock (9) and Frankland (5+2) picked up the slack. When they edged out Hackney, it was thanks to Pidcock again (11+1) and Stevenson (10+1). The point they earned at Middlesbrough was thanks in no small way to 8+1 from Miles Evans. The win at Glasgow was spearhead by Tyler who got 11+1 from reserve. The real key was having 5 riders who would consistently score between 6 and 8 - and it varied who those five were. 8.99 - Dave Perks (+0.85) 8.75 - Paul Stead (+ 0.89) 8.50 - Graham Drury (0.71) 7.37 - David Tyler (+ 4.79) 6.96 - Chris Pidcock (+ 0.87) 5.83 - Miles Evans (+ 2.58) 5.41 - Mark Stevenson (+ 0.78) 5.35 - John Frankland (+ 0.14)

You know, when you consider it's been over 30 years since we shut down, I do wonder how many people I knew from the stadium are no longer with us. People like Tufty, and several fans who were getting on in years then, but I'm sure there are others who have been lost way too young, like Linda Aldous. Even if you didn't know their names, they were part of the whole experience...

Are you sure that wasn't in Penge? The people I know from there are clearly on something...

Shut up, John. You KNOW the details of the book. This is just getting plain pathetic.

What I want to know, John, is WHY you carry on playing silly buggers like this? All we want is for you to act like a normal person. Is your life that miserable that you have to spend your time on the internet being so bloody disruptive? And why the feeble apologies? Every time you do that, you return in a couple of days and carry on as before. GROW UP!!!

Wasn't it written by John Hyam? Everything else on the thread seems to have been written by him...

That's the one - thanks!

Yeah... I can't think of the guy's name - Roy, I think - but he did the Aces of Yesteryear videos.

Well, it wasn't so much a thread, as a series of "look at me" posts!

You beat me to it; I was going to start this very thread!

I get that, but it's a lot quicker and easier to check things online - and there is a lot more info available!

Thanks for sharing that one! I can't get the UKTV to play over here, but I can certainly watch Daily Motion. My dad used to see the actors regularly when he was driving around the area.

Looks like our scrapbooks!

That's it! 42 years on and you lot are still rubbing it in!!!

I HATE YOU LOT!!! I had to miss the bloody thing as I was laid up with chicken pox...

SSSSHHHH! You don't want to make him jealous!

Just answer the question, please?

Calm down, man! VERY few people actually get banned by "Facebook", we are talking about getting banned from Facebook groups. So, why do you claim that it is only ONE group now, when you just said it was two? From the way it reads, it looks like you were banned from those two in addtion to the "suspension". This is a problem with you John, as you have a marked tendency to contradict yourself on here.

So, which is it? Have you been banned (suspension is the same as banned) or haven't you?

John... If nobody answers you, perhaps it's because they don't have any answers for you. Have you ever considered that? And again, please stop quoting yourself! There is absolutely no need for it, and it smacks of self-importance.

Maybe he'd know Terry Mussett???

You do realize that you don't have to check your programs in most cases; the info is usually found online. Speedway Researcher is the best, while speedway proboards is great for the BL era. Ken Eyre stayed with Belle Vue until the end of 1972, when he switched to Wolves for a couple of seasons. McGregor and Major both rode for Doncaster in 1970.

Not that it's really an anecdote, but it was about 1989 or 90, and I had just got on a cross-channel ferry to go to France. I parked the car, and I was just getting out when I heard, "Are you a speedway fan?" I looked round, and it was Sandor! He saw the stickers in my back window. We had a little chat, and that was the last time I ever saw him...

I'm pretty sure that Ken is still going strong, and I think Graham is too. The trouble here at the moment is that the temps are fluctuating wildly - and everyone is getting sick!