dantodan Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Peter Kelly rode for Belle Vue, Stoke, Newcastle and Berwick. Peter and his daughter have been in touch with me and I now have Peters Memoirs and a number of excellent photos. Click here to see them http://www.newcastlespeedwayhistory.co.uk/...part%20four.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 (edited) Peter Kelly rode for Belle Vue, Stoke, Newcastle and Berwick. Peter and his daughter have been in touch with me and I now have Peters Memoirs and a number of excellent photos. Click here to see them http://www.newcastlespeedwayhistory.co.uk/...part%20four.htm <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Great to hear he is still with us dantodan. BTW Where is he living now because I spoke to him just before he emigrated to I think New Zealand or Aussie. Ignore John, I have just read your other posting on the Peter Kelly thread. Thanks. Edited August 20, 2007 by Tsunami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantodan Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 No Problem Tsunami... Remember Peter with his socks turned over the top of his boots and a billowing white silk scarf. The guy was always well turned out and had a great cornering style. Have you looked at the photos yet? My favourites are the 6 shots of him as a novice falling off and the one of him climbing the starting gate with Mike Parkers tie in his hand. God knows what was going on there New Zealand is special to us in Newcastle and I am sure Peter had plenty ex diamonds over in Kiwiland to talk to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 No Problem Tsunami... Remember Peter with his socks turned over the top of his boots and a billowing white silk scarf. The guy was always well turned out and had a great cornering style. Have you looked at the photos yet? My favourites are the 6 shots of him as a novice falling off and the one of him climbing the starting gate with Mike Parkers tie in his hand. God knows what was going on there New Zealand is special to us in Newcastle and I am sure Peter had plenty ex diamonds over in Kiwiland to talk to <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He was always a nice guy. Seem to remember he had a dark green Ford Corsair with the bike on the back. It's amasing how many times we met him in garages filling up with petrol on the the long haul back from a southern away meeting. Once went to the old Newport(Somerton Park) in the afternoon on a Friday, when we were doing a 2 week southern tour, and there was Peter lying asleep in his car waiting for the doors to open. Great partnership with Ken Sharples, Peter often getting 3fell3fell and always on the apex of the corner. I suppose that where those pictures were taken as well. Talking of Kiwiland, perhaps he keeps in touch with Giffy unless he has emigrated to Aussie of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Wonderful to read this thread-my biggest memory of Peter is the 1964 PL Riders Final when he finished 4th in a run off with Roy Trigg-I think Roy lives down under also but not sure whether NZ or Aussie. Do you know if Peter thinks this was his career hi-lite(I know he had many successes of course)-also is he in touch with other riders like Roy e.g. thru NZ vet riders. Would you guys think it is true to say that Peter's best days were in PL. I think when the BL started in 65 we were all interested in how the top PL guys would do against NL etc-I recall Peter as one of the Newcastle heat leaders in 66 and 67 along with Mauger and Brian Brett(RIP)-then I think in 67 he dropped back a bit-perhaps in 68 is when he went to a 2nd Div team-I left UK then and sort of lost touch-but I remember Peter as a great guy and who added a lot to speedway.If anybody is in touch with him-please pass on how we at Somerton Park enjoyed his battling appearances and convey best wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I reckon I may have solved a mystery here. I went on to the Peter Kelly story at the Newcastle speedway site. Peter refers to a race with Brian Brett, George Hunter, and someone he thinks is called Mckeown. This was at Old Meadowbank Monarchs v Diamonds. My first thought was that it was Brian Mckeown who I think may have been a kiwi(Peter identified him as such)-but he wasn't riding in 66/67/68.And they were the only years that Brett, Kelly and Hunter could have all been in a race at Meadowbank. Peter doesn't remember the first name of this person-WELL I THINK it must have been DUDLEY McKEAN. Dudley rode for Monarchs in 66 so that is when it would have taken place. Could someone in touch with Helen Marshall pass this on so she can pass it on to her dad.Dud Mckean was never a superstar but a hard rider nonetheless and I can well imagine his actions in this race. If Dud is still around in NZ perhaps he and Peter can meet up for a beer and reminisce!What do you reckon forumland?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 I reckon I may have solved a mystery here. I went on to the Peter Kelly story at the Newcastle speedway site. Peter refers to a race with Brian Brett, George Hunter, and someone he thinks is called Mckeown. This was at Old Meadowbank Monarchs v Diamonds. My first thought was that it was Brian Mckeown who I think may have been a kiwi(Peter identified him as such)-but he wasn't riding in 66/67/68.And they were the only years that Brett, Kelly and Hunter could have all been in a race at Meadowbank. Peter doesn't remember the first name of this person-WELL I THINK it must have been DUDLEY McKEAN. Dudley rode for Monarchs in 66 so that is when it would have taken place. Could someone in touch with Helen Marshall pass this on so she can pass it on to her dad.Dud Mckean was never a superstar but a hard rider nonetheless and I can well imagine his actions in this race. If Dud is still around in NZ perhaps he and Peter can meet up for a beer and reminisce!What do you reckon forumland?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I reckon you're right, Bobbath - it would have been Dudley McKean. Dud was the shortest rider in the league and, strangely, had the widest handlebars. He married an Edinburgh girl and went home in, I think, 1966. I thought that he was starting to come good at that time. Incidentally, it's unlikely Dud will be found in NZ - he was from Melbourne. A neighbour of mine was a mate of his and the two of them would spend endless hours working on my neighbour's old car. Dud had a sticker on his van - "Tracey's Speedway, Melbourne". But here comes the untimate piece on anorakery (if that's a word). Dudley's van was a grey Morris Minor 1000 model, registration number ESY 413. Not bad for forty-odd years ago, eh? Just don't ask me about anything that happened in the last few years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Well I left England in 1968 and can still recall the phone # of my then girlfriend in UK: Watford 34289 howzat!!! What are these anoraks you Brits refer to anyway-they're like a jacket I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 (edited) Well I left England in 1968 and can still recall the phone # of my then girlfriend in UK: Watford 34289 howzat!!! What are these anoraks you Brits refer to anyway-they're like a jacket I thought. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> DADDY Edited August 22, 2007 by Tsunami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 I thought some clown might answer like that or say something like that was my wife's number. Actually my old girlfriend was the first one who told me that Graham Miles was the tallest speedway rider at SIX FEET FOUR!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 I thought some clown might answer like that or say something like that was my wife's number. Actually my old girlfriend was the first one who told me that Graham Miles was the tallest speedway rider at SIX FEET FOUR!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Glad I didn't disappoint you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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