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greyhoundp wrote:

Dog Tracks that may wellcome Speedway,Ayr,Bedwelty,Corbiewood,

Easington,Gretna,Highgate,Kinsley,Pelaw Grange,Swansea,Thornton,Valley,

Warwick,Westhougton,Wheatley Hill,Sunderland,Harlow,Henlow,Nottingham,

Stainforth,Swaffham.Excepting Sunderland and Nottingham these are for the most part small independantly owned tracks not making great money,

and should wellcome the income,and if you add the horse racing tracks the potential is quite large.

 

I was raised in Warwick, the only dog track was at the back of Pottertons, a right hovel as I recall.

 

Admittedly I have not been there for about 18 years, but I could see it all from my house.

 

Unless its changed drastically I can see several problems, The river flooding it being the first, our garden was regularly flooded, & the track was between our garden & the river, noise lots of housing nearby, I could hear the dogs from my bedroom & finally the place was a dump & unless it has been remarkably uprated it would need a shedload spent on it.

 

Still its a nice thougt, spent many a day as a kid dreaming about a speedway track around the inside & what a dilemma stay with Cov or support my home town team.......................

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I did not say they would be ideal for speedway <planning,facilities etc>

what i meant was they are not making millions,and would most probably

wellcome the added income from a speedway team,Warwick is not much worse than Stoke,and the river generally floods in the winter,i have not known it flood in the summer,However i dont think the planners would wellcome Speedway,to toffee nosed.

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Thornton is Fife Scotland,

 

Not that far from me but I must admit I wasn't aware of a track there!

 

also there may be Hartlepool last i heard the stadium was Derelict,

 

I used to live about 100yards from the greyhound track at Hartlepool, the one beside the football ground. It was demolished a few years back and instead there is a retail park on the site now

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I was raised in Warwick' date=' the only dog track was at the back of Pottertons, a right hovel as I recall. [/quote']

 

The carpets were reasonably priced though. :D

 

The river flooding it being the first

 

It's never stopped Coventry. (It's only a joke guys). :lol:

 

our garden was regularly flooded, & the track was between our garden & the river, noise lots of housing nearby, I could hear the dogs from my bedroom & finally the place was a dump & unless it has been remarkably uprated it would need a shedload spent on it.

 

Hope you weren't thinking of becoming an estate agent HG. ;-)

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Sorry LT, you have lost me slightly on the first two.

 

The third about estate agents, well I've done some dirty jobs in my time but even I would not sink that low, besides I have not lived in that house or warwick for 18 years.

 

I am currently on missionary work in the county of the damned in Chesterfield!!!

 

As for Stoke being no worse than warwick dog track, jesus it must be rough at Loomer Rd.

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Dog Tracks that may wellcome Speedway,Swansea,Sunderland,

 

Didn't someone try and get conference league racing set up at Swansea a few years ago? Planning permission I believe was turned down. Norton Canes (North of Wolverhampton) is another one, but to get speedway there I believe the access road needs widening, a similar situation at Boston.

 

I think someone is trying to stirr some life into Sunderland as there is now a website. I think the Newcastle promotion have looked into it several times in the past when Brough Park's future looked bleak. Not sure if planning permission was ever granted.

 

Nottingham looks ideal as it is in an industrial estate.

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Deano Norton Cannes,and Chasewater have i think both been lost due to the M6 Toll road,but i may be wrong on that,don,t forget Leicester also have a horse race track,would they be interested in staging speedway on there land?,there must be room,and a horse race track is only used about 12/15 times per year,so i would think any additional income would be very

wellcome.

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Dekker i agree with the working together,and no them and us,we are in it together.

Sean,Bedwelty in Gwent,Valley is in Tredowen<Hengoed>both Wales,

Easington is Durham,Highgate is Rotheram,Kinsley is near Pontefract Yorks,Pelaw Grange is Durham <Chester lee street>,Stainforth is just north of Doncaster,Thornton is Fife Scotland,Westhougton is around Wigan,and Wheatley Hill is again Durham,also there may be Hartlepool last i heard the stadium was Derelict,and maybe ones for you would be Bury St

Edmunds,and Wisbech Do they still exist?,plus you have the place around

Northampton/Corby area that has the big Oval track any chance there?.

Bedwelty is on top of a mourtan to north of blackwood. ive been past once and as far as i can rember there are no houses around. however there been no tracks in the valleys since the 30s and it only 16 to 20 miles from newport but might be all right for CL. if i get a chance i try to get up there on the weekend and have a look

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