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I'm pretty stressed at the moment reading these threads! Aren't you?

Or Joan Collins. From one t!t to another!

So now, you just want people to Google stuff?

JOHN!!! STOP SPAMMING! THAT IS THE FOURTH TIME YOU HAVE POSTED THE SAME LINK TO YOUR OWN ARTICLE ON THIS THREAD - AND WE ARE ONLY ON PAGE TWO! GROW UP...

Stop spamming, John! You know what happens... That's quite possible... Or was it "JOHN HYAM FOR PM"?

So what has Keith Forum got to do with all this?

As long as it's ok to use...

Or it could be a guy called Keith Forun...

You probably won't like the answer... And what is he to do with Dave Collins?

You've lost the last three, yet a win tonight would still have taken you top...

Ouch. That's not good. Still, that's not 1882 - unless you really are that old!

So, you're a hospital historian as well as a speedway historian, eh?

I never knew exactly where it was; thanks!

Probably 28th June, 1969, in heat 12. Strangely enough, Martin missed the BL clash in 1968, and both Martin and Briggo missed the meeting in 1970 (and they were the three years he rode for Exeter).

Of course not!

And on the defunctspeedway website...

Well, we've survived since 1928 with 'em involved!!!

Well, upload it to the internet so we can link to it!!!

Unfortunately, there is not a huge amount of info on the track at Luton, but some can be found at the links below: http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Luton.htm https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/luton.html

It's just interesting that we are finding other riders called "Thomas", but back home, it certainly appears that he was just known as "Wally". On Tuesday, December 27, 1932, Monica Park Speedway in Christchurch hosted an Interprovincial contest between Canterbury and Wellington, with Wally Kilmister and Charlie Blacklock as captains. Also on the bill was a "Chevrolet Gold Helmet Race between Wally Thomas and Norm Gray. The following month, Wally faced Percy Lunn in a challenge race, while there was a three-cornered match race between Kilmister, Blacklock, and Eric Whittle. There was an article on Speedwayplus which featured all New Zealanders who raced in the UK, and Wally's name isn't listed.

Obviously, Wembley would have been the most likely, but I checked as much as I could find right now - and concentrated on the London clubs. There has to be something on him somewhere!

This list was just an extension of previous lists. We have the 18 oldest, then I posted an update on January 6 which extended it to 1941. The last two on that list were John Louis and Jim Airey. All I did here was add some more names...

That's interesting, and quite possibly helpful. As I said, there's no actual record of a "Wally" Thomas, but old records aren't always accurate. I guess we have some more research to do, to see if we can help you!

And he rode for a "Kangaroos" team at Hackney on 19th August, 1935. Of course, the opposing "Bulldogs" team included Morian Hansen, so that doesn't prove anything...

I've not come across the name before either, and I can't find any trace of him racing in Britain between 1934 and 1938.