Guest Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 28 minutes ago, iris123 said: No and i don't suppose the cricket was held there or at the speedway stadium In 1936-37 Wimbledon Sadium staged baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: In 1936-37 Wimbledon Sadium staged baseball. But that is not the point. The point was, i doubt the Jack Hobbs Trophy for cricket was played at Plough Lane speedway stadium. Or doyou know different ? And i doubt Jack Hobbs put up a baseball trophy either. Or do you know different ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, iris123 said: But that is not the point. The point was, i doubt the Jack Hobbs Trophy for cricket was played at Plough Lane speedway stadium. Or doyou know different ? And i doubt Jack Hobbs put up a baseball trophy either. Or do you know different ? I agree. Jack Hobbs had nothing to do with the baseball matches played at Wimbledon Stadium in 1936 and 1937. Edited April 13, 2022 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 38 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: I agree. Jack Hobbs had nothing to do with the baseball matches played at Wimbledon Stadium in 1936 and 1937. Wonderful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 7 hours ago, iris123 said: But that is not the point. The point was, i doubt the Jack Hobbs Trophy for cricket was played at Plough Lane speedway stadium. Or doyou know different ? And i doubt Jack Hobbs put up a baseball trophy either. Or do you know different ? I agree. Jack Hobbs had nothing to do with the baseball matches played at Wimbledon Stadium IN 1936 and 1937. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2022 Report Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) When there is so much debate on this thread about the many great riders who have been associated with Wimbledon over the years two names that appear to be ignored: Jimmy Gibb and Alec Statham circa 1950s. Does anyone remember them? Edited April 14, 2022 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) A "Wimbledon character":- Al Holliday, a junior rider at the old California-in-England track in 1954-55 and at Rayleigh in 1963 has just celebrated his 95th birthday.Over the years he had many guises in the sport. In the early !950s he was a track raker and later a starting gate marshall at Wimbledon, then in 1954-55 was a junior rider at California. After that he was the pit marshal at Eastbourne for several seasons.In 1956 he appeared in the World Final at Wembley - as one of the start area marshals. For some years Holliday was spanner-man for Maury McDermott. It was during McDermott's 1963 promotional spell at Rayleigh that Holliday made a few appearances in junior races. Al also told me that he still holds a Full driving licence and regularly uses his car. Edited April 22, 2022 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 George Frederick Bernard "Nosher" Powell, stuntman and boxer, born 15 August 1928; died 20 April 2013 Along with his wife, he ran a pub ext door to the stadium. I wonder if anyone knows if he ever popped over the road to watch the Dons ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 4 minutes ago, iris123 said: George Frederick Bernard "Nosher" Powell, stuntman and boxer, born 15 August 1928; died 20 April 2013 Along with his wife, he ran a pub ext door to the stadium. I wonder if anyone knows if he ever popped over the road to watch the Dons ? I thought his pub was in a different local area and not actually one of the two opposite the stadium? BUT I AM PREPARED TO BE PROVED WRONG - yet again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 Jimmy Gibb and Alec Statham were Wimbledon riders circa 1950s. Does anyone remember them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: I thought his pub was in a different local area and not actually one of the two opposite the stadium? BUT I AM PREPARED TO BE PROVED WRONG - yet again! https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/sw17_tooting_princeofwales.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 19 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: Jimmy Gibb and Alec Statham were Wimbledon riders circa 1950s. Does anyone remember them? Nae... I wasnae born then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: Jimmy Gibb and Alec Statham were Wimbledon riders circa 1950s. Does anyone remember them? I don't remember them, but i do remember Barry Briggs. he used to have a record shop on Garratt Lane. Apparently a star of the time Tommy Steele was at the opening . Does anyone remember the shop ? maybe bought a 45 there. Maybe even from Tommy Steele . Apparently Briggo also opened up a driving school next door as well. A little empire started Edited April 22, 2022 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, iris123 said: I don't remember them, but i do remember Barry Briggs. he used to have a record shop on Garratt Lane. Apparently a star of the time Tommy Steele was at the opening . Does anyone remember the shop ? maybe bought a 45 there. Maybe even from Tommy Steele . Apparently Briggo also opened up a driving school next door as well. A little empire started When I were a lad, we actually went down to Southampton and spent the weekend at Barry and June's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, JohnHyam said: Jimmy Gibb and Alec Statham were Wimbledon riders circa 1950s. Does anyone remember them? 1 hour ago, iris123 said: I don't remember them, but i do remember Barry Briggs. he used to have a record shop on Garratt Lane. Apparently a star of the time Tommy Steele was at the opening . Does anyone remember the shop ? maybe bought a 45 there. Maybe even from Tommy Steele . Apparently Briggo also opened up a driving school next door as well. A little empire started Link re Jimmy Gibb: http://www.canadianspeedway.com/halloffame/jimgibb.htm Link re Alec Statham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Statham Edited April 22, 2022 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: Link re Jimmy Gibb: http://www.canadianspeedway.com/halloffame/jimgibb.htm No. See all this Al Holliday , Jimmy Gibbs stuff has been done to death on here repeatedly by someone. Mention no names. I can’t see the point of keeping on banging on with the same stuff I don’t remember them. Just the repeated posts. I wouldn’t watch repeats of Coronation Street either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) Unsung heroes who stick in my memory are Graham Knowler, Dave Brewer, Brendan Shilletto ,Patrick Pawson. Pete Murray.A great venue i wondered if anyone can remember seeing the Americans Scott Autrey, Jeff Sexton, Mike Bast getting in some practice laps at Plough lane..? Edited April 23, 2022 by Sidney the robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 23, 2022 Report Share Posted April 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: Unsung heroes who stick in my memory are Graham Knowler, Dave Brewer, Brendan Shilletto ,Patrick Pawson. Pete Murray.A great venue i wondered if anyone can remember seeing the Americans Scott Autrey, Jeff Sexton, Mike Bast getting in some practice laps at Plough lane..? Jeff Sexton was once rumoured to be joining "The Rebels"...but I think it was just that! Rumours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieB Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) On 4/23/2022 at 7:43 AM, Sidney the robin said: Unsung heroes who stick in my memory are Graham Knowler, Dave Brewer, Brendan Shilletto ,Patrick Pawson. Pete Murray.A great venue i wondered if anyone can remember seeing the Americans Scott Autrey, Jeff Sexton, Mike Bast getting in some practice laps at Plough lane..? Shame that the Wimbledon did not sign Scott as he rode Plough Lane like his home track. I still remember his 58.2 secs track record in 1978 when he was entering the 3rd bend before the other riders in the race were still riding bend 2. Edited April 24, 2022 by RobbieB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 25, 2022 Report Share Posted April 25, 2022 Well it seems nobody is sure if Nosher ever turned up to watch the Dons. But there must be a long list of celebs who did..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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