speedy bill

i have very happy memoires of belle vue i started going at the age of ten in 1951,and saw the great jack parker,he was still riding at number one,i think he was about 50 yaers old.he still scored points even then. a young new zealander ron johnston was at 2 he became my favourite till he retired,i never met him untill he visited the new track at kirky lane in the eightys it was the first time he had been back to this country for about twenty years.the late fred rodgers ex norwich and belle vue rider kindly took my photo with ron it made my day.i also saw the start of the late great peter cravens career untill sadly the end.but hyde road on a saturday night still holds magic memorys for me. and yes i also remember slant payling tink maynard ron houlston tony robinson ect from the old bubble bounce second half races,named by the top man jonnie hoskins great times i will never forget.i moved to live in plymouth in 2000 and was over the moon when we got speedway back here but the old hyde road was the best.

i go back along way ,hope this helps. cov(7)71-1Ron Mountford. C H(4)71-1Pete Jarman. CH (5)72-2Roy Trigg. CH(6)72-3 John Hart.Norwich (2)Barry East. Reading(5)68-2John Poyser. i am pre tty sure i am right on all them.

hey Deano have you retired i cant see your name on any team sheets. Malcolm another spelling mistake ,you will have Mr Butler after you.Here is one of those icons you dont like.

doncaster unknown 69-1 alan bridgett derek timms stuart ulph sheff v belle vue john dews cyril maidment dick fisher oxford 6 v swindon eddie reeves mike keen hope this is a help.

gerry hussey a overnight sensation he popped up from nowhere, a very classy rider,and a good looking lad.he could have been a big star if he had lived,but he enjoyed what he did for what was sadly to short a time.got his autograph at belle vue he seemed like a nice bloke found time to chat with me and my mates.i would have been about 11 years old and thought it was great that a rider from another team had a laugh with us .he became one of my favourite riders after that sadly for to short a time i cried when i heard he had been killed.