norbold Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Just my opinion of course but Dave Lanning was better on the mic than on paper. Reading back, most of his stuff is quite painful to read It used to amuse my friends and me that every time he wrote about Peter Moore or Ray Cresp, he always used the same introduction, "Droll leathery faced slick-gating Aussie...." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 hour ago, iris123 said: Just my opinion of course but Dave Lanning was better on the mic than on paper. Reading back, most of his stuff is quite painful to read Agree. Barely legible. As a commentator, absolutely iconic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 6/19/2022 at 5:30 PM, andout said: Split......or rather Squire Waterman got his nickname when he bent over and split his leathers all the way down......he was originally nicknamed Split Arse but Split remained until the end! I always understood Squire Waterman was called 'Split' because of his laugh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: I always understood Squire Waterman was called 'Split' because of his laugh? I've seen at least three different explanations for his nickname... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted July 29, 2022 Report Share Posted July 29, 2022 Alan "Whacker" Hunt, Eric "Little man" Boothroyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 8:32 PM, BOBBATH said: According to Dave Lanning-think he made them up- "The Dockland pearl" (Malcolm Simmons) and "Anchor" Norman Hunter Apparently that nickname for Norman Hunter came about because his name was wrongly printed as N. Anchor in the speedway results in one of the daily newspapers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Split said: Apparently that nickname for Norman Hunter came about because his name was wrongly printed as N. Anchor in the speedway results in one of the daily newspapers. I've seen a lot of crazy mispellings of names over the years! A friend's name was "McClintock", but it was printed as "McCuntock"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 1, 2022 Report Share Posted August 1, 2022 Thanks Split for the origin of the nickname Anchor for Norman Hunter- how is Norman these days. I am trying to recall but didn't he leave West Ham in or around 1967-went to Wolves and looked like a real world beater till he had a bad accident. I always enjoyed his riding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 9 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Thanks Split for the origin of the nickname Anchor for Norman Hunter- how is Norman these days. I am trying to recall but didn't he leave West Ham in or around 1967-went to Wolves and looked like a real world beater till he had a bad accident. I always enjoyed his riding If I recall at Prestatyn (North Wales) in a Long Track Meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 17 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Thanks Split for the origin of the nickname Anchor for Norman Hunter- how is Norman these days. I am trying to recall but didn't he leave West Ham in or around 1967-went to Wolves and looked like a real world beater till he had a bad accident. I always enjoyed his riding I had a chat to "Anchor" at the recent West Ham day at the Speedway Museum. He seemed very well and in good health. He told me that the reason he wanted to leave West Ham was because he was the No.3 there (behind Sverre and Hurri-Ken), whereas he could be no.1 at most other tracks. He said he put in a transfer request but didn't hear anything. Then someone said to him, "It's a shame you withdrew your transfer request because Wolverhampton were hoping to sign you." He said he hadn't withdrawn his request. Apparently, Dave Lanning had notified the SCB that Hunter had withdrawn his request because he didn't want to lose him. Hunter, of course, soon put that right! From his comments about Lanning, it seemed that 55 years later he still hadn't forgiven him and certainly isn't his number one fan! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 2, 2022 Report Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 minute ago, norbold said: I had a chat to "Anchor" at the recent West Ham day at the Speedway Museum. He seemed very well and in good health. He told me that the reason he wanted to leave West Ham was because he was the No.3 there (behind Sverre and Hurri-Ken), whereas he could be no.1 at most other tracks. He said he put in a transfer request but didn't hear anything. Then someone said to him, "It's a shame you withdrew your transfer request because Wolverhampton were hoping to sign you." He said he hadn't withdrawn his request. Apparently, Dave Lanning had notified the SCB that Hunter had withdrawn his request because he didn't want to lose him. Hunter, of course, soon put that right! From his comments about Lanning, it seemed that 55 years later he still hadn't forgiven him and certainly isn't his number one fan! I'm SURE that nobody else has ever tried to pull that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Norman burst onto the scene in 1962. Open to correction here but I think that as a virtual unknown he ended up as top scorer for Leicester that year. It was the start of a wonderful career in which he earned numerous honours both as an individual and as a member of the England and Great Britain teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 12 minutes ago, Split said: Norman burst onto the scene in 1962. Open to correction here but I think that as a virtual unknown he ended up as top scorer for Leicester that year. It was the start of a wonderful career in which he earned numerous honours both as an individual and as a member of the England and Great Britain teams. He was a big favourite at West Ham for sure. I may have imagined or dreamed this but I am sure I saw him score an 18 point maximum in a Test Match at Custom House. Norbold would either confirm or contradict me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 Norman scored 18 against the USSR at West Ham in 1966. When he moved to Wolverhampton in 1969 his performances in the first three meetings were fairly ordinary, but he then showed great form and when his season was halted at the end of June he was averaging close on on 10.5 points per match. He had also been highly impressive in individual events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 5, 2022 Report Share Posted August 5, 2022 50 minutes ago, BL65 said: Norman scored 18 against the USSR at West Ham in 1966. When he moved to Wolverhampton in 1969 his performances in the first three meetings were fairly ordinary, but he then showed great form and when his season was halted at the end of June he was averaging close on on 10.5 points per match. He had also been highly impressive in individual events. Thanks. I was there but sometimes the memory plays tricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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