Guest Posted December 11, 2016 Report Share Posted December 11, 2016 By JOHN HYAM IT is amazing the topics that come up for discussion when you are travelling home from a speedway meeting. A case that often springs to mind was a journey from Oxford to London with Barry Briggs. I cannot remember much talk taking place about speedway, but I still recall the passionate interest we both had at that time in the American nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilius. It was in October 1958, and we were both enthralled at the bravery of the crew and their exploits earlier that year. Just to refresh the topic: the submarine left its Pacific Ocean base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii on July 28 1958. It then went through the Bereing Straits and under the Arctic ice to arrive at the geographic North Pole on August 3. From there, the submarine continued its journey to Portland on the south coast. At the time, I was collaborator with Briggo on a series of articles that appeared under his name in 'Speedway Star'. Often, I needed to share a topic with him, but I am certain that our chat about the Nautilus never got an airing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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