Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Chatting to my "better looking younger brother"(!!??) [ for his part, ever modest he tries to pass himself off as my grandfather!!!!!!), George Barclay the other day, the subject of motorcycle racing in our home borough of Barking & Dagenham came up.. I'm keen to try and arrange something 'commemorative' (that's if you can properly commemorate something which, er, didn't end up actually happening..!!??) around the planned first ever staging of dirt track racing back in 1927 at Dagenham's Parsloes Park.. George though recalled from, he thought, the late 1940s..(?) a grasstrack meeting he attended as a youngster in another of the borough’s big 'set-piece' parks: Mayesbrook Park. George recalled one rider's name..: he believed he may also have ridden Speedway: Jack Ladd..?? Does anyone have any details of these grass track meeting(s) in Mayesbrook Park..: the park is on the ‘border’ of Barking with Dagenham near Upney tube station; and only a stone's throw (and believe me they do throw stones in that direction nowadays!!) of the former Dagenham Speedway track on Ripple Rd. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star ghost Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I cant remember the track. The name Jack Ladd comes to mind however from the late 40s. Jack was a member of the Tamworth Hounds Club in the Third Division. Jack was having a short holiday on the Continent in Holland. He was persuaded to ride at a Speedway Meeting. Unfortunately he crashed and lost his life at that event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I cant remember the track. The name Jack Ladd comes to mind however from the late 40s. Jack was a member of the Tamworth Hounds Club in the Third Division. Jack was having a short holiday on the Continent in Holland. He was persuaded to ride at a Speedway Meeting. Unfortunately he crashed and lost his life at that event. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Late in that season, it was 1947, a team came over from Holland, paying their own expenses, and donated all their prize money to a fund in aid of Jack Ladd's family. I am certain that the Tamworth team also did this. Sadly, the Dutch riders were completely outclassed by the Hounds. If memory serves me, the track Jack Ladd died at was Alkmaar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star ghost Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Alkmaar on August 30 1947. Jack had been a regular in the Hounds team and had topped 50 points in the League at that time. The meeting at Tamworth was on 22 October 1947 and the Hounds won 37-15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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