norbold

I think this should come under the Forum FAQ section. Tyburn Gallows, real name Raymond Humphries, was reputed to be an assistant hangman. At least he said he was and I think, by consensus, we've decided there is no reason to doubt him. He died on the day of his mother's funeral, but I can't remember the year. There's lots more that could be said about this extraordinary character!

So sorry to hear this, sandman. Sincere condolences to Steve and his family.

Bob Dugard is down Eastbourne way, Split Waterman is in Spain, Eric Williams and Tommy Sweetman are in New Zealand, Jimmy Gooch is somewhere is deepest Essex as is Stan Stevens.

Both statements are quite true, Clive. He was the last to cross the line and almost unbeatable. However, to have finished last in the last race shows he was beatable some times...unless he deliberately came last with an eye to history? It was only a scratch race after all, no team points depended on it.

Sorry, TwoMinute Warning. I don't know how I missed that. Many apologies.

That's correct, but do we know how many of Vic Duggan's second and third places were behind his own teammate?

Shame about your vote at the moment, Grachan! The current consensus seems quite clear.

Can't remember the year off hand. Tony Clarke first rode for West Ham in August 1965.

So sorry to hear this. Jimmy was a great servant of the sport. We were joking on the "Rode for" thread a little while ago about how Jimmy seemed to have ridden for every team in the country! I remember him particularly at New Cross. He was unbeatable round the frying pan in 1963. A sad loss and my condolences to all his family and freinds.

1. Jason Crump 2. Tony Rickardsson 3. Tomasz Gollob 4. Greg Hancock

Yes, Wilbur Lmoreaux, Arthur Atkinson and Aub Lawson are there, but I don't think he means those...

Thanks for sending the signatures, wollongong. Not easy are they!? I'll see what I can do though.

I've just about recovered. It's taken 41 years, but I'm almost there.... Of course I did have a bad relapse in 1972 when West Ham closed as well. That didn't help.

You know how to hurt someone, Grachan! It was 1963.

Was CHK there as well I wonder?

Let's just say it's on the back burner at the moment. Classic Speedway Meetings is next.

I would think that any team that DOESN'T want to sign him want its head testing. A young rider who is likely to be around the top for years to come. Personally I hope Ipswich hang on to him.

To be fair though Norbold, they were both recognised team members at Eastbourne and Canterbury weren't they? Not at the time, no. I saw their first ever race in the second half at West Ham. Jessup was 15; Thomas was 16. Although Thomas won, I thought Jessup looked to be the better prospect. And so it proved...or did it?

Can you e-mail it to me too please, wollongong? Thanks.

I knew I'd heard of him somewhere...

Well, I can help you out with some, but I expect you know those as well as me! As for the others...Perhaps Bryn might know?

Almost all...Don't forget Grzegorz WALASEK.

The first three in the first open meeting that took place there were: Paul Dowdall, Rocky Coutts and Mick Camier. The 1975 Iwade Junior team included Dave Ross, Paul Dowdall, Gary Keown, Ray Allen, Kevin Garcia, Roy Barwick, Paul Heller and Alan Diprose. Other early riders there were Pip Austen, Colin Clark, Fred Stubberfield, Brendan Shillito, John Douglas, Duane Kent, Dave Basson, Dave Cullen, Steve Davey and Nigel Sparshott. In 1983, the Thomases (Barry and his brother Ivor) organised the juniors in to teams called The Mustangs, the Shires, The Stallions and the Colts, Riders included Ray Morton and Chris Mulverhill (Mustangs), Paul Whittaker and Mark Fordham (Shires), Terry Mussett and Paul Tillman (Stallions) and Paul Muchene and someone called Mark Loram (Colts). Andy Galvin also had some of his early experience at the track.

John Holder at West Ham. If he finished less than half a lap behind everyone else we saw it as a victory. We also had two young second halfers called Dave Jessup and Barry Thomas. I wonder whatever happened to them.

OK, following further discussions with Tempus about the Classic Meetings book and its format etc., I can now give the following update. Firstly, I will be co-editing the book with falcace. The book will consist of 20 chapters and will include two meetings from each decade 20s - 00s. This, as you will observe, makes 18. There will therefore be two "wild card" chapters, which can be from any decade. Falcace and I would welcome your suggestions on which matches to include before we make a final decision and we thought that, in any case, the two extra chapters would be those which are most popular with Forumers. We are hoping to make a start on the book as soon as possible with a view to having it published in time for next year's British Grand Prix. I have already made a note of the suggestions posted on here, but further suggestions would be welcome. You can either post on here or e-mail them direct to falcace or me. So get posting or e-mailing!