BOBBATH Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Back to 1965-the posts about George hunter remind me that he was one of the very best Prov. League stars to make it big in BL 1965-always did well at Newport. Didn't seem to do so good at World champ meetings though. Others of course include Charlie Monk, Jim Airey, Gordon Guasco, Ray Wilson, Ivor brown etc etc. -can anyone around add to the list-BL65, Norbold, Gustix etc etc. Was looking at my old 1965 programs the other night -wotta year that was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Colin Pratt, Eric Boocock, Dave Younghusband, Jack Kitchen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Reckon I should have mentioned Clive Featherby also-if you go to youtube and enter his name- interesting interview with him-sounds like he's mellowed over the years-he was one tough s.o.b.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Ivan Mauger didn't do too badly after his time at Provincial League Newcastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Yup Split-I missed the obvious one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Colin Pratt, Eric Boocock, Dave Younghusband, Jack Kitchen. Maybe I'm wrong but I think Jack Kitchen moved from NATIONAL League Belle Vue to PROVINCIAL League Sheffield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 You're right Split. Jack rode fully for PL in 63 and 64 , but in 62 rode 13 times for B.V. , 17 times in 61 and once in 60. So tough call either way. Jack was a great rider and great guy and as we found out from his daughter on Speedway Plus site passed away far too young from a brain tumour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Yes, that's correct. But I thought BOBBATH meant those who moved from 1964 Provincial League to 1965 British League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Thanx for posts Split and Norbold-didn't really think it thru. My idea was that riders who achieved fame in BL after riding in PL and making their name in that league should be included -thus Jack Kitchen should be included along with Ivan. The guys I didn't include were those who were NL regulars who had made their name in NL and then joined PL at the end of that league-thus I wouldn't include for example Alby Golden, Dick Bradley and Peter Vandenberg as PL graduates. Thanx for the posts though-here's another PL guy who might make the cut-Pete Jarman (the Lemon Drop Kid) BTW can you still purchase PLJ lemon juice in UK-no-one has heard of it over here!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 A new book by David Hepworth. https://www.amazon.co.uk/1971-Never-Moment-Rocks-Golden/dp/0593074866 It makes the claim that 1971 was Rock music's greatest year. Which is a rubbish claim.. '71 was certainly the WORST year in that decade for music!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Just copied an earlier post I made on another thread regarding Peter's crash: Interesting article regarding the Peter Craven crash in the latest edition of 'Classic Magazine' (another superb magazine) where one time Edinburgh and Berwick rider Ian Paterson quotes: "There had been a bit of needle before they (Craven & Hunter) went out for the race. Hoskins was saying that Craven had to start off a 20 yard handicap but George didn't want any advantage handed to him, so he wanted to start level with Peter" "I'm not sure if those two started behind the other two in the race or whether all four started from the line, but Hunter and Craven definitely started alongside each other. Those two were so far ahead of the others when the crash happened. They say that Hunter's bike seized but I didn't think so...and I think that George just overdid it going into the corner" "His bike went down but then it started spinning around. Peter definitely had enough time to lay his bike down but he must have thought that he could go through the gap (between Hunter's bike and the wooden board safety fence). Trouble was, the gap shut on him at the wrong bloody time. It looked bad. But not horrendous." Ithink the enquiry into Peters death established the George Hunters engined seized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinkox Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Which is a rubbish claim.. '71 was certainly the WORST year in that decade for music!! Ooeee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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