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I agree with you speedyguy.

Haggis P.S. after in depth research I can confirm the girl is Harriet Harperson!!!

Tony, definitely Jack Knott-don't know the girl-could it be a young Harriet Harman-looks like she was the May Queen.I'd hazard a guess that it was a second half because I checked the yearbooks for 1965 and 66 re individual trophy winners and Jim didn't show winning one at Poole in either of those years.Has to be 65 or 66 because Jim rode for Wasps in 67 and Oxford didn't ride at Poole in 64, and prior to 64 Oxford had a different race jacket. BTW Tony when is next Classic mag being mailed out to us subscribers-looking forward to it-great mag.

Yes what is on the old Hackney stadium site??

See Chunky and Norbold someone else agrees with me!!!!

Really looking forward to reading next issue Tony.Interestingly enough after I posted I looked up my program of 1965 British Final and noticed that Jim won Heat 20-this was the controversial heat where Charlie Monk got excluded for trying to pass McKinlay. Jim ended up with 10 pts. -before that final race Jim was of course on 7, Monk on 8 and Mckinlay on 9 and perhaps Jim wouldn't have made it if the incident hadn't occurred -can't recall if there was re run with three riders or it carried on after Charlie was excluded.That heat 20 ended up Gooch, Mckinlay, Mauger, Monk(exc). For the record Mauger was riding while suffering from a bad injury and ended up with 5.Anybody else in forumland there that night.(31 August 1965- scheduled for 24th it was rained off on the original date)????????

I'll buy one!!

Ha dee ha ha!!!

Jimmy Squibb was born in 1921 so think he may have ridden into his fifties,Howdy Byford was born in 1919 and still going in 1965.Also Wilf Jay had a couple of rides for Sheffield when he was over 50.

That's great to hear-does anyone else have memories of Ken. If Ken is 85 in 2009 he must have been born in 1924 which means he was 40 when I was watching him ride in 1964-anyone recall his career before then??

I recall Ken riding for Long Eaton and Newport-probably others too.(I think Weymouth non-league in early sixties)Not super successful but a great trier and ornament of the sport nonetheless, a great guy. I think Ken was originally a Londoner.Anyone know if Ken is still with us?? Put in some great performances over the years and always gave of his best,this rider was the backbone of the sport and never gave up.

Don't think Ron rode for W.H.-might have been a guest on occasion???

Hope I caught you Tony-would be interested to know of Jim's memories of his only World Final appearance in 1965.

Thanks for the mention TMC-Jim was a great asset to the Wasps-would like to know more about his punch up with Ove when they were both with Norwich,who was his favourite riding partner with the Wasps and what does he think was the best squad he ever rode in-my guess would be Oxford 1964.Also who was his toughest rival and his memories if any of Ivor Brown-how's that for starters-am really looking forward to the next issue of this great magazine.

How old is Eric now and where does he live Ross-so sorry to hear this.

Looked up an old Speedway Digest covering 1962-and that year Sheff definitely wore blue and yellow quarters-can't recall 63-64 tho. Actually I liked the full on tiger head-one of my favourites for any team..Istill recall my visits to Owlerton with great pleasure-is the stadium the same as in the sixties.Should come back and take a look sometime.

Was trying to recall Tigers racejacket in 64 -was it blue and gold quarters with no symbol??

You are right Yesterdaysman-I liked it in the sixties before sponsorship--the green and white CH, Belle Vue Ace ,West Ham crossed Hammers, Poole's skull and crossbones etc. A number of teams had quartered race jckets- e.g. Newport when they started out, Middlesbrough Bears etc. I liked the simpler designs I hate the way thing look now.I recall Sheffield had a particularly good design of a Tigers head in 1965.

Thanx guys-did Eddie ever get to the British Final or BLRC do you know.??

No posts yet-has everybody forgotten about Eddie-is he dead or alive? Eddie should be remembered by any sixties fan.

How about old Cardiff riders e.g. Kevin Hayden,Mick Holland(altho perhaps also Swindon) I agree lets say a min career of 5 years then I think you could count 'em on your fingers(and toes)!!Any more than ten I will have to take my socks off!!

Hi Steve-hope you are fine in Kahokia there-interesting results-perhaps we should make it a career of 5 years or more-there are fewer names than I thought-great to see some of these old riders mentioned tho.What about Geoff Mudge for Poole?

I reckon then Mike Keen can't count as that is right I think he did ride for St.Austell.When you get down to it thare are fewer purer ones than we might think e.g. Col Cottrell-most folks rode a couple of times for others.George White and Teo I think are correct ditto Bob Paulson.

I forgot about Mike Keen, can't agree with Bob Kilby because he rode for Exeter(reason doesn't matter).Speaking of Reason what about Johnny Reason for Coventry-also can't believe I omitted Ronnie Moore, Phil Clarke ,Fred Williams and Tommy Price. What about Ian Williams did he ride for anyone but Swindon??

This is the opposite of the most travelled riders thread-think this would only apply to riders in the 50's , 60's.,only one I can think of is Les Owen for Coventry-but am not sure. Am I right about "Muscles" and can anyone else think of others-caveat they must have had a career of more than one season.