norbold Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Thanks Marty. I am hoping the Tom Farndon book will be out early next year. I'm hoping to launch it at either the "High Beech" anniversary (even if it's not at High Beech!) or the WSRA Dinner. Yes, it was while doing the research for the New Cross book that I really came to realise just what a great character Tom Farndon was, both as a person and as a rider. I had always been a great fan of course, but the more I read and discovered the more I just felt he deserved a book on his own. I hope to do him justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkbandit Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 That sounds great Norman, my girlfriend was up staying at the weekend just passed and she knew i was reading the book so i showed her a few pics on the Defunct Speedway site of New Cross and how you can still make out the shape of the bend on the common ground as it is now, shes a Berwick fan too but younger than me, she was amazed at some of the crowds speedway used to get when i pointed it out from the book! We just went A-Z really through the tracks, she was amazed at the crowd being on the inside of the track on the High Beech ones though haha, when we got to the one of "young Norman legtrailing", i said, "there you go, thats the chap that wrote the book i'm reading" I'd not seen High Beech lately until your recent-ish pics on there though, very sad, i'd love to go one day though, just to say i've been. Good luck with Tom's bio and i'm sure you'll do him justice, i'll look forward to it! All the best, Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) Rather belatedly the 2008 review of 'Out Of The Frying Pan' has just been posted on http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi along with a suggestion that copies of the book appear to be available as second-hand copies on both Amazon and on ebay. The review is carried on London Speedways more for its historical worth than as an up-to-date book review. Edited March 17, 2009 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) Thank you, speedyguy. I believe the only bookshop that now has any copies left is W H Smith, so people may be able to order it through their local branch (if it isn't already in there). Edited March 17, 2009 by norbold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 (edited) Much to the present Mrs Red's disgust ("not another book!"), I've just received my copy, purchased via Amazon from Orbiting Books, for £6.59 plus £2.75 shipping, total £9.34, delivered in two days Suggest this route to anyone who still needs a copy - and they are mint, not used! - well recommended Looking forward to settling down to a good read now! Edited March 20, 2009 by Midland Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted August 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Well, what an investment the book turned out to be. Anyone with a copy should cash in now! See http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0...;condition=used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkbandit Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Well, what an investment the book turned out to be. Anyone with a copy should cash in now! See http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0...;condition=used Crikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted August 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2009 The price of that copy must have galvanised the publishers in to action as they have just emailed me to say they intend to reprint the book. Time to correct the two mistakes and two omissions in there..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Norbold if you've been involved in writing the books on 'speedway in ..' various parts of Britain, could you explain to me please why Aldershot is the only League team (prior to 2000) not to have been included ? They're not in the book on the Thams Valley (not really their area but they do sometimes get lumped into it), they're not in the London book (ditto but even less realistic geographically) and most definitley not in the one on the South-East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted August 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Hmmm...That's a good question, frenchy. I think it got caught between two stools...or two books. When I wrote Speedway in the South East, Robert Bamford's Speedway in the Thames Valley was in production and I thought that he had included it in his book, so I left it alone. Had I realised he hadn't included it I would have covered it. I'm not really sure now why I should have thought that, so I suppose I would have to admit it was probably a mistake on my part not to include it in Speedway in the South East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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