tonyd Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Speedway for me began in the 1960`s when a cousin of mine used to take me to wimbledon and my love was born, but that all changed in 1970 when the Wembley Lions were back and I had a track to get to under my own steam and there was no worry about a school kid wandering home through the streets of wembley after a meeting on a route that took him past every chip shop after starting at the Captains Table restaraunt / take away to see all the Lions having there fish and chip supper after the meeting.(The advert in the programe told us to eat where the lions eat ....... The Captains Table). For me 1970/71 was a greatest couple of years of my life. During the 70`s speedway was a must where a group of us would go off to as many tracks as we could and if one of us was short of the funds now and again the rest of us could normaly club together to get that person to and into a meeting. Also during the 70`s school finished, work began and driving cars started to happen .....the world was our oyster. What fun we had following speedway then with some weeks being... Wednesday..... White City Thursday........ Wimbledon Friday ..........Hackney Saturday....... Swindon or maybe Canterbury Sunday .......Rye House or possibly Eastbourne The close season was spent reading the speedway Star and saving every penny ready for the new season in march / April. As you can see the 70`s was my era and it included a lot of speedway and if it was possible to re-live any part of it it would have to be 70 or 71 to see that red and white lion racing around that half empty stadium and to hear the boom of that cannon again as the riders crossed the finish line at the end of the race. For me those were the days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DW Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) What happened to Crayford on a Tuesday then??? Would loved to have been able to do that many meetings in a week. If ever I had a time machine, the 1950s would be my decade to visit, 4 Scottish clubs, 2 in Glasgow alone!!! Edited July 31, 2009 by DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 What happened to Crayford on a Tuesday then??? I used to do that, even though it was a poxy journey going on the South Circular at that time of night. You say about the 50's? My mum used to do: Monday - Wimbledon Tuesday - West Ham Wednesday - New Cross Thursday - Wembley Friday - Harringay Saturday - Norwich, Belle Vue, or whatever... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Crayford? Now that was an interesting track. Wasn't it the smallest at one stage. And didn't Workington get beaten 65-12 there once? 1970 to 1985, a great era for speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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