Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 A couple of entries have appeared on ebay advertising copies of this mag from the early '70s... A new one on me...: was this just something at Hackney or was it a wider published thing..? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Magazine-Speedway-Stop-Press-No-19-Oct-1970-Hackney-/380209965315?pt=UK_Sports_Memorabilia_ET&hash=item588647a903 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 A couple of entries have appeared on ebay advertising copies of this mag from the early '70s... A new one on me...: was this just something at Hackney or was it a wider published thing..? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Magazine-Speedway-Stop-Press-No-19-Oct-1970-Hackney-/380209965315?pt=UK_Sports_Memorabilia_ET&hash=item588647a903 hi derek. it was a newspaper type publication covering the london and essex tracks. from memory it ran from around 1970 to 1972. it was very basic and looked like it had been printed in someones front room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) It WAS printed in someone's front room! The man behind STP was Don Allen, who sadly died a couple of months ago. Don was based at Collier Row, Essex and used to report on Hackney and West Ham (as well as Leyton Orient FC) for the local Recorder newspaper group. In the pre-internet age, STP provided a good service if you really wanted to keep up to date with latest news and detailed match reports and heat details from the London/Essex tracks (instead of waiting for Speedway Star). For instance, I believe you could buy an updated copy at Hackney on Friday night that had the previous night's reports and detals from Wimbledon and Romford. Don used to type it all on his home typewriter, staple it and sell it around the tracks. Think there were two issues per week published during the season. I have a couple of copies here and perhaps we should do something on STP in the next issue of Backtrack. Edited April 11, 2011 by tmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Many thanx for this...: I'd never heard of it before! And there was me thinking that Kestrels News (the brainchild of our Bryn..) was the first ever Speedway fanzine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 It WAS printed in someone's front room! The man behind STP was Don Allen, who sadly died a couple of months ago. Don was based at Collier Row, Essex and used to report on Hackney and West Ham (as well as Leyton Orient FC) for the local Recorder newspaper group. In the pre-internet age, STP provided a good service if you really wanted to keep up to date with latest news and detailed match reports and heat details from the London/Essex tracks (instead of waiting for Speedway Star). For instance, I believe you could buy an updated copy at Hackney on Friday night that had the previous night's reports and detals from Wimbledon and Romford. Don used to type it all on his home typewriter, staple it and sell it around the tracks. Think there were two issues per week published during the season. I have a couple of copies here and perhaps we should do something on STP in the next issue of Backtrack. Don Allen was also involved with 'Speedway Mail' when it first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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