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Pretty well any Pre-War programme.....they are full of information, some of them great graphics. Not all of them of course, especially in the early days as they were just a four page card. The internationals of the pre-war days were always special, which is why I collected those all my life.

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Look what I found

Looks like the programme is actually cheaper by .50p....that would be a shock! Checking out the programme on Curtis-sports.

YES! It does become a bit of an obsession but its fun doing it most of the time at long as it doesn't get out of control.

Definitely NOT!

Sent you a PM.

I'm missing a Star Final (1931) from my collection too but I do have all the Internationals.........What international are you missing? I have a few spare from the '30's?

The three pre-war and the 61 fetch good prices these days the '36 went for over 300 quid recently.

That means not the Star Finals also? Great Collection!

But you don't go to Speedway!!!! Can we stop this somehow before yet another thread is destroyed please!

Most of my memorabilia is programmes, mainly British Internationals dating back to 1928, love the pre-war one's. If anyone is interested you can see most of my collection (although this site has not been updated for several years) here. http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/unitedkingdom.htm Just click through them, I have all these programmes in my collection.

Wish I was going but too far to go for a day! I went to the first in 1964 and nearly every meeting there after that.

Bonny Good, never heard of him, may have emigrated to Canada but he most definitely did not compete at Speedway in the early '50's as there wasn't any Speedway or tracks in the Toronto area. Speedway didn't come back until 1959 in Dundas, again far from Toronto area. There have never been tracks in the Toronto area since the old Ulster stadium of the 1930's......Ulster Stadium closed in 1943 for development.

Steve Bole, who had a brilliant one season with Eastbourne in their SAL days, then surprisingly quit racing at the end of 1954. Guess who wrote that? I guess he only had one season in Eastbourne then quit at the end of 1954......nothing else to know I presume.

OK so I have heard from the Expert on Canadian Pre-War Speedway riders and this one got to him too....Here are the two replies I have had from him. "Jim Ferguson was a rider who rode speedway long track and road racing around the time of Chitty and Pepper in Canada. Did not know he was in England racing." "Still, it was little surprise in 1931 when speedway or short track racing was introduced to Canada that Eric was on the quarter-mile track at the old Ulster Stadium in east Toronto, where he shared the honours with Jim Ferguson. Taken from Eric Chitty page on the Canadian hall of fame. I have a photo of Mr Ferguson somewhere in my files." So, not much at all known about this rider, I will post the photo if my friend finds it!

Unlikely there could be two, so I would say its a good possibility.......I'll keep checking!

J. Fergusson......that's a new one for me.....I'll do some checking. Not so new.....Know nothing about him unfortunately except the "J" was Jimmy and yes he was Canadian......I have asked around to see if anyone else knows anything.

Didn't sit much in the upper tier except in the early days (1964) when I used to go with my cousin and Ernie Hancock and sit by the "Press Box" as Ernie always had to phone in the result. After that I sat mainly on the wall just past the start line.....and as you say....Happy Days

Can't find it this year Chunky......think you can watch via USA: Live on beIN SPORTS.... Unfortunately not available for me......if you find something please let me know.

Glad you found that 'cos I checked my programme and didn't see his name.

They were closed for 1962.....had to be 1961 or 1963

How many times are we going to do this one? I have a massive feeling of "We've been here before many times"? In fact the subject beneath this one says it all!

My first race.....New Cross August 19th, 1959......Ronnie Moore, Peter Craven, George White, Cyril Brine.........Do I remember it? NO! But my childhood hero was in it.....Peter Craven.

I'm getting used to the new site but in all honesty the old one was much easier......this "flashy" stuff just does not work for me, I much prefer "just the facts" and easy to find them.