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Here's a couple...

 

Anders Micheneck (Sorry about the spelling)

Ray Wilson

Dave Jessup

Ken Adams (Long Eaton)

Bluey Scott (Long Eaton)

Norman Storer

Ray Cresp

 

Can't count either!!

:rolleyes: windy

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Buggy Fleaman (Cardiff 1929). :o

 

A perfect pair would have been Merv Salt (Teeside ?) & Adrian Pepper(Peterborough)

 

or Gary Rolls (Hackney) & Paul Bentley :D

 

PS Recall a rider called Bingley Cree who I rodefor Poole in 1948, is this who Mr # Name Removed # is thinking about ?

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I don't think any of the above are Speedway riders, Peter.

They sound more like some of Sandman's motley crew on his boat,

especially Happy Kirk. :D

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There was a bloke going around in Queensland years ago called Zane Harrington and over here in the west, we had a rider with the very marketable name of Guy Hawkes! I think he had a short stint in the 2nd division in England. I believe he was a school teacher by profession.

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PS Recall a rider called Bingley Cree who I rodefor Poole in 1948, is this who Mr # Name Removed # is thinking about ?

:D Thank you Cyclone - I didn't think I'd gone completely off my trolley.

 

Have we mentioned Split - Squire Frank Waterman yet, and how he got his nickname?

 

Crouch :D

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i have two.. both yanks.. one, who raced speedway but killed at the indy 500,... Swede Savage.. and another who was better known for flat track racing, but had a go at speedway, Dick Hammer. movie star looks and a very tough customer. . on his helmet he had painted.... Dick... then a hammer coming down,... Hammer.. although i always thought the name was well suited for one in the porn industry? great man and nice to everyone to boot! tough as nails, pardon the pun.. ;)

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Have we mentioned Split - Squire Frank Waterman yet, and how he got his nickname?

Don't start that one again! :)

 

Which of the five or six different explanations I've heard do you think is the correct one?

;) To be honest Norman (which I always am :oops: ) I think it has changed so much over the years that even Split is not sure anymore.

 

Perhaps we should try Phil 'Crash' Bishop - that one's a bit more self explanatory.

 

Cheers,

 

Crouch.

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