speedyguy Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 COPIES OF THE BOOK ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM RAY LAMBERT::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ‘KEEP TURNING LEFT’ by Ray Lambert ISBN 978-0-9544519-5-0 £6.99 plus £1 p&p Please make cheques/POs for £7.99p (single copy) payable to: ‘RAYL Publishing’ and send to: RAYL Publishing, 13 Weedswood Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 OQR Print clearly your full name, address and postcode. Anecdotes and little known facts from speedway’s very beginning and right up to date. Read about ‘the man that started it all’, Johnnie Hoskins. Tough men in a tough sport but their humour and friendliness shows through. • •• Please send me _________ copy(s) of ‘Keep Turning Left’ on publication. I enclose a cheque for £ __________ (Orders on plain paper acceptable) KEEP TURNING LEFT Name: Address: Postcode: Ray Lambert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Scott Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 a review of Ray lambert's book Keep Turning Left appears here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 I got this book last week and can verify that it's certainly worth the price. There are enough anecdotes out there that could fill dozens of other books like this in the future. I have always thought about doing one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennylane Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 a review of Ray lambert's book Keep Turning Left appears here Is this quote below really factual? > > REVIEW WRITTEN BY JEFF SCOTT::: > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > Book Review of Keep Turning Left by Ray Lambert > "This will not be my lucky night" Wimbledon rider Ernie Roccio after breaking down on the way to a meeting at West Ham on July 22nd 1952 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Is this quote below really factual? > > > "This will not be my lucky night" Wimbledon rider Ernie Roccio after breaking down on the way to a meeting at West Ham on July 22nd 1952 > Talking of which, "Fred Monkford invents the original starting gate in 1932 for use at New Cross." That's a pretty good quote too, seeing as New Cross didn't open until 1934! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Scott Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Is this quote below really factual? > > REVIEW WRITTEN BY JEFF SCOTT::: > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > Book Review of Keep Turning Left by Ray Lambert > "This will not be my lucky night" Wimbledon rider Ernie Roccio after breaking down on the way to a meeting at West Ham on July 22nd 1952 > It appears on page 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Scott Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Talking of which, "Fred Monkford invents the original starting gate in 1932 for use at New Cross." That's a pretty good quote too, seeing as New Cross didn't open until 1934! Not sure of the objection here? Quote is factual...invented by Fred Monkford in 1932. Used at New Cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Not sure of the objection here? Quote is factual...invented by Fred Monkford in 1932. Used at New Cross. Well Monkford didn't really invent it for use at New Cross as such.He invented it for use at Crystal Palace.Or for the benefit of speedway.But in 1932 i doubt he even thought speedway would be held at New Cross.So it is rather misleading.Not a very well thought out sentence shall we say?What did Mark Twain say about the difference between the right word and the almost right word...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Not sure of the objection here? Quote is factual...invented by Fred Monkford in 1932. Used at New Cross. iris is absolutely right. The quote is not factual. What it actually says is, "Fred Monkford invents the original starting gate in 1932 for use at New Cross" He did not invent the starting gate in 1932 for use at New Cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Scott Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Well Monkford didn't really invent it for use at New Cross as such.He invented it for use at Crystal Palace.Or for the benefit of speedway.But in 1932 i doubt he even thought speedway would be held at New Cross.So it is rather misleading.Not a very well thought out sentence shall we say?What did Mark Twain say about the difference between the right word and the almost right word...? this must be the almost right word, then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Also, it was in 1933 not 1932. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Scott Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 iris is absolutely right. The quote is not factual. What it actually says is, "Fred Monkford invents the original starting gate in 1932 for use at New Cross" He did not invent the starting gate in 1932 for use at New Cross. the erroneous use of the word "for" wasn't immediately obvious as your objection originally (thank you for clarifying) A speedway book with a word choice error, where will it all end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 A speedway book with a word choice error, where will it all end? Quite a few "word choice errors" in your canon of works, Jeff...: several hundred thousand, IMHO.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Quite a few "word choice errors" in your canon of works, Jeff...: several hundred thousand, IMHO.. Can one deduce from the above Parsnips Old Fruit that you've bought and read all of Mr. Scott's works then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 the erroneous use of the word "for" wasn't immediately obvious as your objection originally (thank you for clarifying) A speedway book with a word choice error, where will it all end? "word choice error". Very good, Jeff. Is 1932 a year choice error? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Can one deduce from the above Parsnips Old Fruit that you've bought and read all of Mr. Scott's works then? Hmm, once you've read one of Mr. Scott's books you've read them all - as he simply repeats himself and/or writes about the fact he wrote and has sold (a few copies of!) the previous one... No wonder he has to self-publish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Scott Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 "word choice error". Very good, Jeff. Is 1932 a year choice error? No, it's a "date" error Not originally mentioned by you (or part of your subsequent textual analysis) but - freakishly it now turns out - unconsciously predicted by Mystic Norbold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Going by the fact he couldn't see what was wrong with the sentence Norbold picked out,it does make me wonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Hmm, once you've read one of Mr. Scott's books you've read them all - as he simply repeats himself and/or writes about the fact he wrote and has sold (a few copies of!) the previous one... No wonder he has to self-publish.. So are you now saying Parsnips Old Fruit that you have only read one of his books and that book contained several hundred thousand 'word choice errors'? Which one was that then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 So are you now saying Parsnips Old Fruit that you have only read one of his books and that book contained several hundred thousand 'word choice errors'? Which one was that then? No, I have read THREE of his books : the first three. How many is he up to now..? Five or is it six all on the same (non-) subject..? And how many people has he upset, offended, broken up their relationships...? Not quite as many as he's bored to death!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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