speedyguy Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 LONDON SPEEDWAYS http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) Can anyone help http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi with information on tracks at Barnet and Elstree please. All that is known so far is probable periods that they ran. Thanks. Edited February 13, 2009 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Can anyone help http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi with information on tracks at Barnet and Elstree please. All that is known so far is probaly periods that they ran. Thanks. You can always buy a copy of Speedway in the South East, speedyguy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 You can always buy a copy of Speedway in the South East, speedyguy! Are you the author? http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star ghost Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Are you the author? http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi I think it may be so as I remember it somewhere in his list of credits just after Speedway in East Anglia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 I think it may be so as I remember it somewhere in his list of credits just after Speedway in East Anglia. That's why he wants me to spend hard-earned cash then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) Can anyone help http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi with information on tracks at Barnet and Elstree please. All that is known so far is probably periods that they ran. Thanks. There is a Post on the London Speedways claiming Elstree was a cycle speedway - not a speedway - and was something to do with the Brines. http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Edited February 3, 2009 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) These are the London area tracks featured on the London Speedways discussion site. Debate is both historical from 1928 onwards to the present time. ARENA ESSEX/LAKESIDE HAMMERS BARNET. CATFORD. CLAPTON/ALSO KNOWN AS LEA BRIDGE CRAYFORD. CRYSTAL PALACE. DAGENHAM. ELSTREE. GREENFORD. HACKNEY/LONDON LIONS (1996). HARRINGAY. HIGH BEECH. LEA BRIDGE/ALSO KNOWN AS CLAPTON. LONDON LIONS/HACKNEY. LONDON WHITE CITY. NEW CROSS. ROMFORD. RYE HOUSE. STAINES. STAMFORD BRIDGE. WALTHAMSTOW WEMBLEY WIMBLEDON. Go to http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Edited February 5, 2009 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 These are the London area tracks featured on the London Speedways discussion site. Debate is both historical from 1928 onwards to the present time. ARENA ESSEX/LAKESIDE HAMMERS BARNET. CATFORD. CLAPTON/ALSO KNOWN AS LEA BRIDGE CRAYFORD. CRYSTAL PALACE. DAGENHAM. ELSTREE. GREENFORD. HACKNEY/LONDON LIONS (1996). HARRINGAY. HIGH BEECH. LEA BRIDGE/ALSO KNOWN AS CLAPTON. LONDON LIONS/HACKNEY. LONDON WHITE CITY. NEW CROSS. ROMFORD. RYE HOUSE. STAINES. STAMFORD BRIDGE. WALTHAMSTOW WEMBLEY WIMBLEDON. Go to http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Can anyone help http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi with information on tracks at Barnet and Elstree please. All that is known so far is probable periods that they ran. Thanks. Elstree ran a total of nine meetings altogether, with the first one taking place on the 10th August, but I don't know any results etc. Evidentally, Arthur Humphrey controlled all nine meetings on the track which was a grassy field covered in oil. Barnet staged its first meeting on the 27th July 1929 and operated until the end of 1936. Until 1934, it was a grass-track circuit, before cinders were put down. Former Norwich promoter Gordon Parkins took a few rides at the circuit prior to turning his full time attentions to the administrative side of the sport. When the lease at the Barnet Bypass site expired in April 1937, the promotion moved their operation to High Beech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Elstree ran a total of nine meetings altogether, with the first one taking place on the 10th August, but I don't know any results etc. Evidentally, Arthur Humphrey controlled all nine meetings on the track which was a grassy field covered in oil. Barnet staged its first meeting on the 27th July 1929 and operated until the end of 1936. Until 1934, it was a grass-track circuit, before cinders were put down. Former Norwich promoter Gordon Parkins took a few rides at the circuit prior to turning his full time attentions to the administrative side of the sport. When the lease at the Barnet Bypass site expired in April 1937, the promotion moved their operation to High Beech. Many thanks for this reply which has been posted on http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK Rides Again Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Many thanks for this reply which has been posted on http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi speedyguy It might be good if you made your forum easier to access. I don't want to register as a member until I know what kind of site I'm registering on; I may (or may not) be able to make a valuable or interesting contribution to your forum, but I don't know if I can, because I don't have the opportunity to find out if it's the kind of site I might like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 It might be good if you made your forum easier to access. I don't want to register as a member until I know what kind of site I'm registering on; I may (or may not) be able to make a valuable or interesting contribution to your forum, but I don't know if I can, because I don't have the opportunity to find out if it's the kind of site I might like. Ditto....most sites allow you to read them without having to register, registering only if you want to post a comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I don't see any problems. If you don't like a site, after you register you can always leave it. http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Who knows - you'll probably find something of speedway historical interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Remember, when you join the London Speedways site you will be sent an email activation link. If one did not arrive, it might have gone into email SPAM. Take a look there. Thanks. If you are a member and able to enter the site, I wouldn't worry... Just check that you have access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 These are the London area tracks featured on the London Speedways discussion site. Debate is both historical from 1928 onwards to the present time. ARENA ESSEX/LAKESIDE HAMMERS BARNET. CATFORD. CLAPTON/ALSO KNOWN AS LEA BRIDGE CRAYFORD. CRYSTAL PALACE. DAGENHAM. ELSTREE. GREENFORD. HACKNEY/LONDON LIONS (1996). HARRINGAY. HIGH BEECH. LEA BRIDGE/ALSO KNOWN AS CLAPTON. LONDON LIONS/HACKNEY. LONDON WHITE CITY. NEW CROSS. ROMFORD. RYE HOUSE. STAINES. STAMFORD BRIDGE. WALTHAMSTOW WEMBLEY WIMBLEDON. Go to http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Should the late 1950s training track at Chiswick be added as a former London speedway? Go to http://londonspeedways.proboards.com/index.cgi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Should the late 1950s training track at Chiswick be added as a former London speedway? Well I'd say Chiswick's as much 'London' as Barnet, Staines, Rye House (Hoddesdon), Elstree, Greenford and High Beech... So yes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Well I'd say Chiswick's as much 'London' as Barnet, Staines, Rye House (Hoddesdon), Elstree, Greenford and High Beech... So yes.... And Crayford... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 And Crayford... Well, Crayford (disregarding its alleged '30s incarnation - as a grass speedway track I believe.. ), as a League track was ALWAYS in a London Borough (LB Bexley...) as opposed to an UDC of Kent... High Beech and Hoddesdon are not and never have been in London Boroughs.. Barnet & Staines are now..: but not sure if there were when Speedway was there; and fairly certain the same would've applied to Elstree and certainly Greenford... And Thurrock (where Arena Essex is...) has also never been in a London Borough So, yes, actually Crayford is far more of a London track than any of those other ones...!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Well, Crayford (disregarding its alleged '30s incarnation - as a grass speedway track I believe.. ), as a League track was ALWAYS in a London Borough (LB Bexley...) as opposed to an UDC of Kent... High Beech and Hoddesdon are not and never have been in London Boroughs.. Barnet & Staines are now..: but not sure if there were when Speedway was there; and fairly certain the same would've applied to Elstree and certainly Greenford... And Thurrock (where Arena Essex is...) has also never been in a London Borough So, yes, actually Crayford is far more of a London track than any of those other ones...!!! Fully agree. Perhaps someone will point this out on the site eventully? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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