Now Len Silver Resigns As Co Promoter Rye House

[iris123]

 

So you've never been editor of the Speedway Star..??

In his own words.......

 

"After National Service with the RAF from 1950-52 I started writing letters to the 'Speedway News", then tried a few small articles for the 'Speedway Gazette' then edited by Bruce Valdar. When I started getting postal orders in return, my target was to be a speedway journalist.

Over the years I have written on a freelance basis for most speedway publications - 'Speedway Gazette,' 'Speedway Reporter,' 'Speedway News,' 'Speedway World' and many more. In 1954, when the Southern Area League started I offered to write about the competition for the 'Speedway Star' and they agreed - with the proviso I also organised track sales at the then SAL tracks at California-in-England, Eastbourne, Rye House, Brafield and Aldershot. It was the start of a link that led to me being offered a full-time post at 'Speedway Star' in 1955 when then editor Eric Linden took on the post of features editor at 'TV Times.'"

[Guest]

 

So you've never been editor of the Speedway Star..??

 

 

In his own words.......

 

"After National Service with the RAF from 1950-52 I started writing letters to the 'Speedway News", then tried a few small articles for the 'Speedway Gazette' then edited by Bruce Valdar. When I started getting postal orders in return, my target was to be a speedway journalist.

Over the years I have written on a freelance basis for most speedway publications - 'Speedway Gazette,' 'Speedway Reporter,' 'Speedway News,' 'Speedway World' and many more. In 1954, when the Southern Area League started I offered to write about the competition for the 'Speedway Star' and they agreed - with the proviso I also organised track sales at the then SAL tracks at California-in-England, Eastbourne, Rye House, Brafield and Aldershot. It was the start of a link that led to me being offered a full-time post at 'Speedway Star' in 1955 when then editor Eric Linden took on the post of features editor at 'TV Times.'"

 

I cannot see what you are trying to prove iris123. I have not denied my links to Speedway Star. You never give up - what is the fascination you have for me? Worrying?

At the Speedway Star in a mainly sub-editing role for a few years in a near 60 year journalistic career that took me to other London area newspapers. The Speedway Star era hardly qualifies the Ace journalist gustix label you have lumbered me with.

This is my link with the Speedway Star period. Put up before the need felt by iris123 to intervene.

Edited October 26, 2015 by Guest

[iris123]

 

That's a rather grandiose description of my journalistic career. I was far from being a writer but was basically a sub-editor peparing other writers copy for publication, designing pages and then checking them for eventual publication.

 

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In his own words.......

 

"After National Service with the RAF from 1950-52 I started writing letters to the 'Speedway News", then tried a few small articles for the 'Speedway Gazette' then edited by Bruce Valdar. When I started getting postal orders in return, my target was to be a speedway journalist.

Over the years I have written on a freelance basis for most speedway publications - 'Speedway Gazette,' 'Speedway Reporter,' 'Speedway News,' 'Speedway World' and many more. In 1954, when the Southern Area League started I offered to write about the competition for the 'Speedway Star' and they agreed - with the proviso I also organised track sales at the then SAL tracks at California-in-England, Eastbourne, Rye House, Brafield and Aldershot. It was the start of a link that led to me being offered a full-time post at 'Speedway Star' in 1955 when then editor Eric Linden took on the post of features editor at 'TV Times.'"

I was just trying to clear up the confusion caused by your post above mate.

[RobMcCaffery]

Just to clarify an earlier point, I believe that the freehold is indeed owned by The Lea Valley Park Authority. I remember in the eighties they were trying to put pressure on over a vital aspect of the stadium - the office was painted yellow and blue and they wanted it repainted in park colours of green and white...

 

The leaseholder would appear to have been Carter & Bailey who ran the greyhounds and sub-let the stadium to speedway and briefly stock car promoters (and employed the character who kept bursting into the officials' box threatening to stop the meeting if people didn't stop leaning on a fence or sat over the lines painted on the floor of the 'stand' - it wasn't easy dealing with this kind of behind the scenes idiocy, especially while trying to keep a worn-out pa amplifier from shorting-out every time your voice rose above a whisper).

 

I expect that is the company that Eddie Leslie bought and then subsequently sold to Len Silver.

Edited October 27, 2015 by rmc

[Paul]

Just to clarify an earlier point, I believe that the freehold is indeed owned by The Lea Valley Park Authority. I remember in the eighties they were trying to put pressure on over a vital aspect of the stadium - the office was painted yellow and blue and they wanted it repainted in park colours of green and white...

 

The leaseholder would appear to have been Carter & Bailey who ran the greyhounds and sub-let the stadium to speedway and briefly stock car promoters (and employed the character who kept bursting into the officials' box threatening to stop the meeting if people didn't stop leaning on a fence or sat over the lines painted on the floor of the 'stand' - it wasn't easy dealing with this kind of behind the scenes idiocy, especially while trying to keep a worn-out pa amplifier from shorting-out every time your voice rose above a whisper).

 

I expect that is the company that Eddie Leslie bought and then subsequently sold to Len Silver.

Interestingly Len continued to run Rye House Speedway under the banner Carter & Bailey when took over the Rye House mantle back in the early 2000’s and certainly up to a few years ago still was. Certainly it’s a lease from the Lea Valley Park Authority that was purchased by Len and when Warren Scott came on board he bought the remaining years lease from Len that includes I believe the world famous car park and the go-kart track to are included in the lease.