Nigel Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 alls well that ends well ...no probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I have a fair view as well so we do have something in common after all <{POST_SNAPBACK}> G/Day Shazza And your spellling is?........... Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 alls well that ends well ...no probs <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hang on! Hang on! Hang on!....... As soon as Shazza sorts out her spellling, she'll be back. .. whip and all. Regards. PS. Makes a change ........ Me not getting picked on for my spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) Norman, I see now how things have got crossed up...its so easy on these forums. my jibe was not aimed at the 'quote' or the original writer ..I did not want to cover old ground, my aim was to provoke a response from the poster who used that quote.. a naughty little imp by the name of trackman ....seems he delights from stirring things up.. I am the wiser what I want to know is does the track grader have to travel anti clockwise.. if the grader circulates clockwise is this considered not to be track grading.?....er Trackman Edited August 4, 2007 by Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 what I want to know is does the track grader have to travel anti clockwise.. if the grader circulates clockwise is this considered not to be track grading.? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I suppose it could be called a retrograde step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) Norman, I see now how things have got crossed up...its so easy on these forums. my jibe was not aimed at the 'quote' or the original writer ..I did not want to cover old ground, my aim was to provoke a response from the poster who used that quote.. a naughty little imp by the name of trackman ....seems he delights from stirring things up.. I am the wiser what I want to know is does the track grader have to travel anti clockwise.. if the grader circulates clockwise is this considered not to be track grading.?....er Trackman <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm only a Tractorr Driverr who circulates... so don't get clockwise with me. Regards. PS. or I'll slicken off your gate real quick! Edited August 4, 2007 by Trackman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Now they pick on my Grader. Regards. PS. Is nothing sacred? ........... Took me 3 years 6 bannings and a big dent in my Bunkers roof, to get that Grader..... God knows how much Oxford Supporters payed for it . ... I think the end results speaks for its self . .... Chris Brown and Bryn are glad thay have a Grader too! coz Trackman don't ring them up every week asking for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Grader for Hire... Re: OSSC. Regards. PS. Every track needs one some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) I'll slicken off your gate real quick! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I bet you say that to all the girls Have you 'pulled' much with your tractor...... I take it you are still in circulation Is yours a big red one ...............................the tractor that is did you make the grade?..................there's more, there's more Edited August 4, 2007 by Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I almost made the Grade but the weather circulation changed. Regards. PS. Ya get that on these big jobs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Fair play to you all for having a go thank you Try this one... Who is he! http://au.msnusers.com/speedwaypeople/shoe...Photo&PhotoID=3 Regards. PS. I wonder if that look comes with the breast plate?...... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Question too difficult? .... Try this one. "Vic Huxley, Dick Smythe, Frank Pearce, Arch Pritchard and Syd Bayley were all on the Davies Park programme on Saturday September 24, 1927. But it wasn’t the performances on the night of these riders that the 8,000 or so spectators present at the meeting wanted to talk about during the ensuing days".... Question.... " Who was they all talking about" ??? . . . . . . . . roscoe will know..... Hope he don't tell too soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Garrigan Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 Question too difficult? .... Try this one. "Vic Huxley, Dick Smythe, Frank Pearce, Arch Pritchard and Syd Bayley were all on the Davies Park programme on Saturday September 24, 1927. But it wasn’t the performances on the night of these riders that the 8,000 or so spectators present at the meeting wanted to talk about during the ensuing days".... Question.... " Who was they all talking about" ??? . . . . . . . . roscoe will know..... Hope he don't tell too soon.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought that was familiar when I started reading it. It ought to have been... I wrote it. I won't give it away on you Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Garrigan Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Trackman ...quote:- The first meeting in the UK is generally acknowledged to have taken place at High Beech on 19 February 1928. end quote . This "Generally acknowledged" statement... used frequently, not just in this situation.... generally acknowleged by who???... "Sun" readers? ....nomads in Outer Mongolia?... the great unwashed? ....those who believe everything they read...those who have not got a clue about history. Those who rely on hearsay. I wasn't going to comment on the expressions "generally acknowledged" / "generally accepted" / "widely accepted / "widely recognised" etc, but have decided to do so. I have been guilty of using such an expression myself (as I was reminded in an email from a member of this Forum yesterday). My take on the term is that the point in question is accepted as fact my the masses. I used the term when writing of Johnnie Hoskins and the first Maitland Showground season. I wrote (and the article is still on the site): - " Regular Carnivals were staged at that time on the Maitland Showground by various bodies as a source of revenue raising. Working in his capacity as Secretary to the H.R.A.& H.A., Hoskins organized a Sports Carnival which was staged on the Showground on Saturday evening December 15th., 1923. This Carnival was a charity event staged to benefit the local orphanages and the H.R.A.& H.A. The programme staged on the night consisted of cycling events, horse events, trotting, athletics and motorcycle racing.This was the first occasion motorcycle racing had been staged at the venue.This date is widely recognized as the day on which speedway as we know it was born." That last sentence is the one in question. What I wrote is fact - the date is still accepted by the masses as seeing the "start of speedway". That doesn't mean the masses are correct - which they aren't. But how does one convince them. What I didn't write was that "speedway as we know it was born on that day". There is a difference between that and what I wrote in the last sentence. I used the term in question very carefully and deliberately to avoid a confrontation with another writer who was at the same time writing for the magazine in which my article appeared. In hindsight, I wish I had finished that paragraph differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderweb Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Question too difficult? .... Try this one. "Vic Huxley, Dick Smythe, Frank Pearce, Arch Pritchard and Syd Bayley were all on the Davies Park programme on Saturday September 24, 1927. But it wasn’t the performances on the night of these riders that the 8,000 or so spectators present at the meeting wanted to talk about during the ensuing days".... Question.... " Who was they all talking about" ??? Jack Cloake and his 5 year old son http://www.ausm.info/aus_history/ashist_header.htm Click on we start them young. One for Tackman where and when was the first Club run speedway in the World? (until someone tells me different) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Question too difficult? .... Try this one. One for Tackman where and when was the first Club run speedway in the World? (until someone tells me different) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Western Springs Speedway club, November the 30th 1929. Regards. PS. http://www.speedwayclub.co.nz/history.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderweb Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) Western Springs Speedway club, November the 30th 1929. Regards. Wrong try again! Edited August 6, 2007 by spiderweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 Wrong try again! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If I'm wrong. .... how come no one else disagrees? Regards. PS. Come on tell us, who and where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Garrigan Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 If I'm wrong. .... how come no one else disagrees? Regards. PS. Come on tell us, who and where. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There was one I know of in Australia which pre-dates November 30, 1929. The owner of the property on which this track was built stipulated the club inform him whenever members were going to turn up for a practice session - he had to shift his cows out of the paddock. If my memory hasn't let me down, the date of the first meeting at this track was the same date as the first ever meeting held at a famous Brisbane venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderweb Posted August 6, 2007 Report Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) There was one I know of in Australia which pre-dates November 30, 1929. The owner of the property on which this track was built stipulated the club inform him whenever members were going to turn up for a practice session - he had to shift his cows out of the paddock. If my memory hasn't let me down, the date of the first meeting at this track was the same date as the first ever meeting held at a famous Brisbane venue. Of course you are correct Ross. Smithfield Speedway in South Australia Ist meeting Oct 16th 1926. Run by the Motorcycle Club of South Australia. Edited August 6, 2007 by spiderweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackman Posted August 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Was the question Speedway or Grasstrack? Regards. Of course you are correct Ross. Smithfield Speedway in South Australia Ist meeting Oct 16th 1926. Run by the Motorcycle Club of South Australia. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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