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Firstly, I wouldn't think that Fred and Bernie Collier were brothers; Bernie was born 18 years after Fred. Sadly, Fred passed away in June 2012. He was 70. My dad actually saw Lew Grepp ride! It was Good Friday, 1958, when Belle Vue visited Plough Lane. Lew fell in his first ride, and though he had a few rides later in the year, it was effectively a career-ending crash. Lew passed away on August 22, 2022, at the age of 91. He has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for a number of years. Leo passed away March 4, 2004, at the age of 76.

Off the top of my head, what about Stan Tebby and Stan Bear?

So you may think! At least I didn't have that poxy drive down Mile End Road to get to Plough Lane!

As I said on Facebook, I got to know Graham when he was involved with the Indoor Ice Racing over here. One night up in Rockford, Illinois, the pit marshall didn't show, so he gave me the job. So, I can say that I actually "worked" with him! A really lovely guy...

Wouldn't that be racist?

That is very sad; one of my mum's favourites. Seen quite a few pics of him recently on Facebook.

I use a Chromecast too. You can watch any live stream, and videos from YouTube etc. It's great!

The team could be the Royal Wootton Bassett Hounds?

I saw the topic title, and figured it was about some Motown group or something?

So, nobody cares about speedway from 50 years ago?

Technology is great - when it works!

I was thinking that last night - been 24 years since that happened! Welcome back, incidentally...

You sure it was J Holder and not C Holder? I don't think that we need to separate them at this point. For old time cricket fans, it could have been V Holder...

You forgot Bewley screwing up his semi again...

You know, as crappy as gate 3 was all night, I just had a feeling about Michelsen... I know, it's easy for me to say that now!

Bye bye...

There have been dull meetings at EVERY track...

Quality of rider isn't always important; an evenly-matched field on a good track usually provides the best racing.

I'm thinking the same thing!

So, what is your opinion right now?

Um, you're a little late to t'party, Mike! Check Lefty's comment a few posts up! Sorry, no points for originality...

Thinking about THE DEAN MACHINE's comment above, I don't understand why so many straightforward words and phrases in the English language have become forbidden, just because some idiot uses them in a derogatory manner. To illustrate the problem, here is a pic I posted on Facebook earlier...

Yeah, that was one... Like we English aren't allowed to talk about eating f*ggots...

You know, if you weren't so thick, you might even be able to write a book...

Yeah, you read some of the comments on Karl's post, and there are several people who've had their groups taken down. Trouble is, all they ever say that it "violates community standards", but they never tell you how. Seems like "speedway" really is a dirty word these days...