norbold Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Sorry, Grand Central. Couldn't resist it.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Sorry, Grand Central. Couldn't resist it.... Never mind that was he on the grassy knoll in Dallas? P.S. Was that John Hyam I saw in the bookstore depository? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Never mind that was he on the grassy knoll in Dallas? P.S. Was that John Hyam I saw in the bookstore depository? Arnie - what book would I have been looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Arnie - what book would I have been looking for? "Facebook for Dummies" possibly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Well according to the man himself he thinks he wasn't there as he got a sicknote,so it is his word against John Hyams....... It's like wikipedia,speedway researcher all over again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Brian Crutcher's memory of the event reminds of the time I spoke to Wally Green when I was researching for my book, "Speedway in the South East". I asked him about his winning the Division Three Match Race championship against Bert Roger. He told me he had never been Match Race Champion. He was quite adamant on the point. Yet the record books show quite clearly that he beat Bert Roger 2-1 and 2-0 to take the title and Stenner's Annual has a little write up on the two legs.Oral history and people's own memories are notoriously unreliable....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Actually it was Brian Crutcher who beat both Bert Roger and Wally Green for Div. 3 Match Race championship. Also it might be true that he was the one great train robber (1963) who never got caught-you know when they all played monopoly with the real stolen money and left their fingerprints on it-there was one guy who had the sense to wear gloves-Ronnie Biggs told me it was Brian. He reckons however he was not on the grassy knoll-that was Howdy Byford!! This will be my last word on this subject(you'll be glad to know) and on this rapidly deteriorating thread!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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