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Yes you are. His name was "Laurel"...

We've said before that the variety of meetings kept the sport fresh. In addition to the league and KOC, every track had a couple of individual meetings, at least one regional cup, plus things like best pairs and 4TT's. The real icing on the cake was being awarded a Test Match! Those were the days...

I remember that map on the back cover! In fact, I still have that copy. I also had a copy of the little Track Directory that was published. Makes very sad reading, eh?

Well, according to John, he's not going to be posting anything else on here, and is just deleting everything because he's in a strop. I reckon he'll be back again in a few weeks.

John emailed me a little while ago, and was deleting all his posts. Why, I have no idea...

John emailed me to ask what he needs to do to be accepted on here, and one of the main points I made was for him to stop deleting and hiding things. So, he immediately starts deleting and hiding things... You can't make this s h ! t up!

Chris Shears brought us the Chalfont sponsorship while we were still in the BL, and we dropped down in 1985.

That's what I thought; thanks!

He stayed with Hackney until he retired at the end of the 1970 season.

Dammit! I forgot about him! He was never a world-beater, but he was surprisingly decent. He averaged just under 5 in his first year at Newport, and the next three he averaged from 6.39 to 7.29. Very good second-string, verging on heat-leader in 1979.

Yeah, I just couldn't remember exactly when Peter came on board...

Are you sure you weren't just watching Arthur Nutley eating in the chippy???

If you don't get any answers, it's usually because nobody has an answer! He's certainly not someone I've ever heard of...

Maido took over in 1972. I can't remember exactly when he left, but it may have been when we went NL. I know he was still there in 1984.

You really didn't miss much in the way of Norwegians, but here were a couple who failed to make any impact. Jorn Haugvalstad rode four meetings for Halifax in 1980 - without scoring a point. Trond Skretting did a little better, averaging 3 1/2 points a meeting for Wolves in 1979, and having a few outings for Halifax in 1981.

That is EXACTLY what I keep telling him.

Says the man who is asking about pre-war action in France on a thread about Ted Spittles...

It's not that you post links. It's that you CONSTANTLY post links without saying anything - and the links you post are usually just for self-promotion. I've told you MANY times - TALK to people.

And?

And dear old Ken Chaplin was a member of the track staff, along with sons Brian and Derek. Ken also used to run the tea bar under the stand at Wimbledon FC, along with wife Margaret.

Just a reminder, John, this is a thread about Ted Spittles.

No Bob. It just seems that posting about miscellaneous riders is the thing to do on here at the moment. I didn't want to feel left out...

Just wanted to jump in before anyone else did! I thought he was a very underrated rider, hampered by injury. He impressed me at Plough Lane.

Okay, there are a few I can't find birthdates for, most notably a bunch of Russians, plus Gunnar Malmqvist, and Hans-Jurgen Fritz. Plus, does anyone know if Arne Carlsson is still with us (he was born in 1939)? I edited my post above to include a couple of pre-1941 births I had omitted (Larsson, Enecrona, and Wyglenda). Here are the remaining births from the 1940's: Bengt Jansson - 09/01/1943 Anders Michanek - 30/05/1943 Trevor Hedge - 30/08/1943 Terry Betts - 15/09/1943 Howard Cole 29/12/1943 Martin Ashby - 05/02/1944 Jan Simensen - 26/07/1944 Zygfryd Friedek - 19/10/1944 Jerzy Trzeszkowski - 10/01/1945 Eric Boocock - 02/02/1945 Tony Lomas - 10/05/1945 John Boulger - 18/06/1945 Hasse Holmqvist - 18/06/1945 Jim McMillan - 03/12/1945 Soren Karlsson - 23/10/1946 Ole Olsen - 16/11/1946 Ray Wilson - 12/03/1947 Doug Wyer - 16/08/1947 Egon Muller - 26/11/1948 Christoph Betzl - 13/02/1949 Jiri Stancl - 18/11/1949 Viktor Kuznetsov - 27/11/1949

Nah, Andy Buck had him beat...