norbold Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 BTW does anyone recall Karl Denver the singer(Wimoweh etc etc) That was the first thing I thought of when I saw his name posted above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I always think of Max Bygraves,Val Doonican,Variety shows,Jessie Matthews,people who use bed posts as instruments,people who bash themselves over the head with trays,dancers in flesh coloured tights and spangly outfits,Topogigio,Max Wall,Peter Osgood,Harry Secombe and radio comedy shows where everyone has a northern accent......whenever i see the name Karl Denver.Never speedway Maybe i need help with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMinuteWarning Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Norbold, I am here never fear and perusing these posts with interest!!BTW does anyone recall Karl Denver the singer(Wimoweh etc etc) etc etc??? You mean he had more than ONE hit? And there's me thinking that his Greatest Hits album contained 14 versions of Wimoweh (the original, instrumental, re-mix, extended re-mix, backwards, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tele52 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 What about Graham Miles? Graham Miles was indeed the tallest at 6ft 4in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Karl Denver-other hits included Marcheta, Indian Love Call,Mexicali Rose, Never Goodbye all in 62-63-learn such interesting stuff on this website dontcha-I think I'll see if I can find anything on youtube on him!!!!!Also to IRIS123 mentioning flesh coloured tights and spangly outfits-leave my mum out of this please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Turner Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I'm going for it... I believe Harry Huntly must be the tallest ever rider. 6ft 8in - beat that ! I have details if there's any arguing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star ghost Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Flesh coloured anything reminds me of Putt Mossman above anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) Flesh coloured anything reminds me of Putt Mossman above anything else What a great character Putt Mossman was. Besides being a speedway rider - of some repute, he also took part in road racing, midget car racing and of course for many years ran his renowned motorcycle stunt team. Edited September 23, 2009 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond@heart Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm sure Stan Bear used to ride in the 80's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm going for it... I believe Harry Huntly must be the tallest ever rider. 6ft 8in - beat that ! I have details if there's any arguing Poor Graham Miles! Where did/does Harry Huntly ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I remember a German called Walter Grubmuller, may have ridden for Exeter and mostly specialised in grass/long track like most of his countrymen? Well I watched F3 car racing on C5 the other night and there was a young driver with the same name.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I remember a German called Walter Grubmuller, may have ridden for Exeter and mostly specialised in grass/long track like most of his countrymen? Well I watched F3 car racing on C5 the other night and there was a young driver with the same name.... Well, he wasn't German; he was Austrian. He did ride for Exeter, though. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybikespeedway Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Who was the the shortest rider Peter Craven, Soren Sjosten,Toby harrysson, Billy Bales anyone know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Who was the the shortest rider Peter Craven, Soren Sjosten,Toby harrysson, Billy Bales anyone know Or "Casper" Kenny Cameron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmartin Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I think Billy Bales was the smallest Rider I saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Johnnie Chamberlain was reputed to be the smallest I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I agree with Norbold on this one-my vote is for Johnnie Chamberlain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Johnnie Chamberlain was reputed to be the smallest I think. And he probably was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffieldscot Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Zoltan Adorjan , Allan Fog, Lars Gunnestad , Max Grosskreutz, Henryk Glucklich, Drasko Orsic, Jan Mucha, Andrzej Wyglenda to name but a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star ghost Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) Johnnie Chamberlain at 4ft 7 inches I think "and that was big for a Bloater" Edited September 23, 2009 by star ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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