boston five Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 in len silvers book there is a pic on page 210 of pat any one know where he is now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 No I don't but I remember him well-perhaps someone else could help-it is important not to forget these journeyman riders who gave us so much enjoyment.Many of the 1963 Falcons have passed away-I hope Pat hasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesterdaysman Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Last time I saw Pat he was living in the Exeter area, but that was a good few years back! I'll see what I can find out when I can get a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 Last time I saw Pat he was living in the Exeter area, but that was a good few years back! I'll see what I can find out when I can get a minute. Â Â Pat Flanagan (real name RONALD Flangan) was originally a Harringay junior, then rode for Aldershot, Rayleigh, Weymouth, Newcastle, Canterbury. He also raced in Ireland, Denmark and Germany. At one-time he worked as a porter at London's Covent Garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boston five Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 regarding the pic in len silver,s book on page 210 can any one name the un named rider in the the picture exeter 1963 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 The 1963 Exeter photo was probably taken after Francis Cann was injured in May and before Pete Lansdale returned to the team as a rider in June - also before Jimmy Squibb joined from New Cross in August. Gordon Bailey was in the Exeter team with all of the other riders identified in the photo in the book for the meetings at Long Eaton and Hackney in May and the un-named rider does resemble him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Templeton Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Pat Flanagan (real name RONALD Flangan) was originally a Harringay junior, then rode for Aldershot, Rayleigh, Weymouth, Newcastle, Canterbury. He also raced in Ireland, Denmark and Germany. At one-time he worked as a porter at London's Covent Garden. He also was a member of the Bristol Bulldogs 1960 Provincial League team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Templeton Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 He also was a member of the Bristol Bulldogs 1960 Provincial League team. And if my memory serves me correctly, the following year, 1961, he moved to Plymouth upon Bristol's closure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boston five Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 regarding the pic in lens book the rider between pat and pete is not gordon the clue i will give is he came from poole if any one gets it correct i will put £10.00 in rbfund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 The rider in the 1963 pic couldn't be Tim Bungay (from Poole), as he didn't ride for Exeter until 1964...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprog1 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 regarding the pic in lens book the rider between pat and pete is not gordon the clue i will give is he came from poole if any one gets it correct i will put £10.00 in rbfund  Bit of a wild guess but Bob Innocent ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmet Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 (edited) regarding the pic in lens book the rider between pat and pete is not gordon the clue i will give is he came from poole if any one gets it correct i will put £10.00 in rbfund  Can we have a link to see it please?  Meanwhile, here's my shot of Pat F, taken 1961 in Plymouth colours, (when they wer ethe Bulldogs re-located from Bristol of '60. http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/47058/2424745820103948496S425x425Q85.jpg My enduring memory of PF is from that year, '61, when local emerging novice at Dudley Wood, Alan Totney gave him a great run in their 2nd Half heat which so excited the crowd that the promotion put on an extra race, a Match Race between the two. Edited September 1, 2010 by britmet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIE-JA Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 regarding the pic in lens book the rider between pat and pete is not gordon the clue i will give is he came from poole if any one gets it correct i will put £10.00 in rbfund Graham Locke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 ... and Gordon Bailey came back to Exeter from Poole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Pete Selley?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boston five Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 hi i have just found out this thread has been started by my grand kids WIE-JA has it right looks like i have to find a tenner i have been trying to find out about bob innocent for years but no luck ,BOB do you have any info on pete selly, WIE-JA WELL DONE I JUST THINK I MUST NO YOU !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boston five Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 from exeter prog5/6/1963 heat 1 junior handicap scurry gordon bailey off 30 yds pat flaagan off 30yds bob innocent off 30yds graham locke scratch pete selley scratch  also there was at the time in 2nd half ernie pollard, george summers,brian whiffen ,eddie reeves any one no of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Sorry -don't know what happened to Pete Selley-so was it Bob Innocent or Graham Locke??This thread sparked some memories for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boston five Posted September 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 hi BOB as i put on previous thread this was started by my grand kids its me in pic graham locke can think of many more b hiffen ,m wilcox,p cully b hughs m freeman p bennett f parkins did you ride at the time regards graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Hi boston five-was that the Bob Hughes who later rode for Newport?? and do u know what happened to him??-I have been in Canada since 1968-so my knowledge of speedway predates that- I recall the Prov League extremely well-I was most sorry to hear of Alan Cowland's suicide-he had an amazing aptitude for foreign languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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