Guest Posted October 6, 2016 Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 http://londonspeedwa...rt-track-league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Very interesting. A few unusual things, I'd say. Racing on a SUNDAY in the '30s/'40s when sport on the 'Sabbath' was largely frowned upon... And an 'Amateur League' - also unusual at a time when Speedway jealously protected its status as a fully 'professional' sport. Also must be one of the very early examples of a team being named after a local place 'Romford' without a Speedway track of its own. I don't think there actually was a track in that town until the late '60s was there? Edited October 18, 2016 by Parsloes 1928 nearly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 It says league was not completed, nothing changes. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 Very interesting. A few unusual things, I'd say. Racing on a SUNDAY in the '30s/'40s when sport on the 'Sabbath' was largely frowned upon... And an 'Amateur League' - also unusual at a time when Speedway jealously protected its status as a fully 'professional' sport. Also must be one of the very early examples of a team being named after a local place 'Romford' without a Speedway track of its own. I don't think there actually was a track in that town until the late '60s was there? From what I have read elsewhere Parsloes 1928 nearly, the Romford team shared the track at Dagenham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted October 18, 2016 Report Share Posted October 18, 2016 There was a thread on this some time ago:http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=49387 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) From what I have read elsewhere Parsloes 1928 nearly, the Romford team shared the track at Dagenham. Yes I know that - this was the point I was making... Rather like many decades later Poole hosted a team called 'Bournemouth' this is an early example of the same kind of branding Edited October 19, 2016 by Parsloes 1928 nearly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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