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Bristol v New Cross National Trophy 19/8/49. Bristol Chris Boss, Eric Salmon, Mike Beddoe, Roger Wise, Billy Hole, Jack Mountford, Dick Bradley , Johnny Hole. Dick Bradley is the sole survivor. New Cross Bert Roger, Bill Longley Frank Lawrence , Jeff Lloyd, Ray Moore, Cyril Roger, Ray Ellis , Don Gray. The only possible survivors from New Cross woul be Ellis and Gray but they would be 93 and 99 respectively. perhaps norbold could help.

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According to today's Daily Telegraph Rob Godfrey stated that he has had clarification from the DCMS that he will need to apply for some loan from an extra pot that is available and he is very disappointed that speedway wasn't in the original blueprint. It is all rather confusing when statements are made that the current loans are to compensate for reduced spectator income lost in the coming months only hence cricket is not mentioned. Is tennis a major spectator attended course in the winter and how did greyhound racing qualify?

Nowhere can I find a full list of the 11 sports to be helped except that the Times hewspaper stated that they are winter sports, however can basketball and netball be so described?

Thanks for that BL65 that was really interesting.

Back to the thread I was born on the first day of the War 3/9/1939 and there is no record of any matches that day even Poland,, well it was a Sunday.

Thanks Chunky. i did some more digging and find that Arthur's great nephew is recent rider Ben Taylor so my hunch was about a quarter true.!

So it appears that that is Arthur Wright in the videos. Is he not related to current racer charles Wright?

Was it last year that a whole block of opening fixtures were rained off?

They increased the admission price for OAPs by £1 by removing their previously existing concession.

His speedway "vest"and a suzuki durex padded jacket are lot 130 in Cheffins of Cambridge auction of his possessions to be held on 7th November.

There is a book " Ice One Bruce". The story of the life and times of Bruce Semmens by Jeremy Jackson published 1995 which makes interesting reading.

The problem nowadays for many tracks is that with the play-off scenario you may not know which is going to be your last meeting.

According to a Daily Telegraph obituary this week Rex Garrod has died at the age of 75. It stated that Rex rode for Ipswich and Scunthorpe in the early 1970s. He was also an ex co-presenter of Channel 4s "The secret life of machines" and leader of team cassius in Robot Wars in the late 1990s and also involved with the children's television remote control car Brum.

1948 to 1955 at Bristol. absolutely potty about speedway then. Being so young obviously made a difference. In the winter I could play a card game called "Skido" where you could move riders around a track. I adapted the rules so that I could play it solo and ran whole meetings over 14 heats using names taken from old programmes.

As A regular at Newport travelling from Bristol I did not consider that the bridge toll was significant therefore its abolition would have been of little consequence however the pesky speed cameras hidden in the overhead gantry about half a mile before the booths had to be allowed for. I think they caught a few riders out.

Brilliant place. All white except the white line. Good crowds too.

Bert Harkins surprise signing for Poole

For latest developments see page 73 onwards of the Swindon 2018 thread on the Premiership section

Didn't he say that he knew he was in trouble when he saw the crowd below him?

I am beginning to think that £3 is too much to pay for a programme however looking back to my first visits in 1949 it seems that the cost as a percentage of the admission charge is about the same (20%). Also I was able to recently sell my old programmes which had been stuck in the attic for a vast profit!. This is not going to be possible with anything bought in recent years!.

Also does anyone proof- read the programme draft for elementary errors such as those that crept in for the last two meetings?

Somerset intended to run a coach but lack of interest. Not suprised

What we need is a pop-up stadium.

Saw the two Arthurs ride at Knowle in 1952. Thought that Charles Wright was a distant relative?