Speedway Magazines Over The Years

[The White Knight]

...I enjoy taking threads off topic!

GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! :mad:

 

:rofl:

[Guest]

::::: A couple of years ago I remember a publication - I think East Anglia based - that appeared for a time but now seems to have vanished.

Edited April 28, 2017 by Guest

[racers and royals]

::::: A couple of years ago I remember a publication - I think East Anglia based - that appeared for a time but now seems to have vanished.

 

::::: A couple of years ago I remember a publication - I think East Anglia based - that appeared for a time but now seems to have vanished.

http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=72875 didn`t last long

[Guest]

 

::::: A couple of years ago I remember a publication - I think East Anglia based - that appeared for a time but now seems to have vanished.

 

::::: A couple of years ago I remember a publication - I think East Anglia based - that appeared for a time but now seems to have vanished.

http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=72875 didn`t last long

 

 

Thank you racers and royals for this Link http://www.speedway-...showtopic=72875 didn`t last long. This is the publication that I had in mind. As you comment it 'didn't last long.' I wonder how many issues it actually managed in that 2013 season?

 

For further interest, here is a Link by the magazine and a mention of it going on screen.

https://newsstand.joomag.com/en/inside-speedway-magazine-april-2014/0111470001396686525

Edited April 28, 2017 by Guest

[BOBBATH]

Excellent topic. I started reading the "Star" in 1964-also the monthly sister publication "Speedway Post' when that started up . I also got hold of some old Speedway News' from the fifties. My chief comment is the way the usage and vocabulary of the English language has gone down since that time. There were some very erudite writers then e.g. Phil Reading ,Eric Linden, Paul Parish and dare I say John Hyam.,-now not so much. I also enjoyed the Star when it was black and white-while it had black and white team pictures-you had to imagine what the team colours really looked like until you saw the team ride in person. I enjoyed that..I read a Star a few year ago and the standard of written English was lamentable-maybe reflecting the dumbing down of the population in general. Thanx for posting this gustix -I greatly enjoyed seeing the old covers.

[The White Knight]

Excellent topic. I started reading the "Star" in 1964-also the monthly sister publication "Speedway Post' when that started up . I also got hold of some old Speedway News' from the fifties. My chief comment is the way the usage and vocabulary of the English language has gone down since that time. There were some very erudite writers then e.g. Phil Reading ,Eric Linden, Paul Parish and dare I say John Hyam.,-now not so much. I also enjoyed the Star when it was black and white-while it had black and white team pictures-you had to imagine what the team colours really looked like until you saw the team ride in person. I enjoyed that..I read a Star a few year ago and the standard of written English was lamentable-maybe reflecting the dumbing down of the population in general. Thanx for posting this gustix -I greatly enjoyed seeing the old covers.

I too started reading the Weekly Speedway Star and Monthly Speedway Post in 1964.

 

I agree with you 100% about the standards of the English Language falling. The Writers you mention were, all of them, top Journalists in their field. Sadly these days it seems that anyone can pen an Article. The Speedway Star is not alone in this either. The daily newspapers are very poor in this regard too.

 

The BBC use of standard English seems to have gone out of the window too.

 

.............................. and they call this - progress.

[norbold]

Dôð TWK ðêah ð¯ær duguð spr¯æc pron ðe ic hwæðere cûðe hlêoðorcwide angelic ðætte....

[The problem is TWK that if language didn't change and progress we'd all still be speaking like this.]

[BOBBATH]

But Norbold I still do speak like that-thought we all did !!! Actually its the Klingon language.......

[steve roberts]

I too started reading the Weekly Speedway Star and Monthly Speedway Post in 1964.

 

I agree with you 100% about the standards of the English Language falling. The Writers you mention were, all of them, top Journalists in their field. Sadly these days it seems that anyone can pen an Article. The Speedway Star is not alone in this either. The daily newspapers are very poor in this regard too.

 

The BBC use of standard English seems to have gone out of the window too.

 

.............................. and they call this - progress.

Have to agree with you there...especially those giggling voice overs between programmes!

[The White Knight]

Dôð TWK ðêah ð¯ær duguð spr¯æc pron ðe ic hwæðere cûðe hlêoðorcwide angelic ðætte....

 

[The problem is TWK that if language didn't change and progress we'd all still be speaking like this.]

I would be interested in a literal translation of what I assume to be Saxon norbold.

 

I wish I knew how to do that with my keyboard. Most impressive.

[norbold]

The literal translation is "The problem is TWK that if language didn't change and progress we'd still all be speaking like this."

Edited April 30, 2017 by norbold

[Sidney the robin]

Me. :D

Can we go off topic and talk about who was the better rider Briggo or Ove or is that not aloud WK.??😀😜🤓 Edited May 1, 2017 by Sidney the robin

[Guest]

Can we go off topic and talk about who was the better rider Briggo or Ove or is that not aloud WK.??

 

I saw both Barry Briggs and Ove Fundin race against each other many times in the 1950s and early 1960s. TBH it is very difficult to pass an opinion as to who was the better rider - both were top class performers. But if I was pressed with a 'you must answer this' question I think it would be Fundin by the smallest of margins.

[Sidney the robin]

I saw both Barry Briggs and Ove Fundin race against each other many times in the 1950s and early 1960s. TBH it is very difficult to pass an opinion as to who was the better rider - both were top class performers. But if I was pressed with a 'you must answer this' question I think it would be Fundin by the smallest of margins.

Dont ask Norbold the same question 😀😀i can remember Briggo whipping Ove at the Abbey in his Wembley days but every dog has his day but seriously Ove was superior just.😂😤 Edited May 1, 2017 by Sidney the robin

[Guest]

While we debate the great riding of Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs during the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, there is another name thats need to be brought in to the debate: how did England's Peter Craven fit into his clashes against them?

[Sidney the robin]

While we debate the great riding of Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs during the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, there is another name thats need to be brought in to the debate: how did England's Peter Craven fit into his clashes against them?

I know Craven had a great head to head record against Ove but Ove,Craven,Mirac,Briggo had to be the men of the 50s ??

[norbold]

I know Craven had a great head to head record against Ove but Ove,Craven,Mirac,Briggo had to be the men of the 50s ??

Mid to late 50s. Jack Young was the man of the early 50s.

[Sidney the robin]

Mid to late 50s. Jack Young was the man of the early 50s.

Spot on as usual Norbold hard to pick a order though dont you think ? Young won in 51/52, but from 53/59 the other four won 6 titles and 8 rostrum places as you said Young would be high up on anyone's list.😀 Edited May 1, 2017 by Sidney the robin

[Guest]

​Aside from the merits of great riders in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, how does the 'best team' aspect of this era come into focus. By and large, IMO that the honour can only go to Wimbledon. They seemingly won everything there was to offer in that period, being well served by riders like Ronnie Moore, Barry Briggs, Geoff Mardon, Ron How and others of top calibre.

[norbold]

Spot on as usual Norbold hard to pick a order though dont you think ? Young won in 51/52, but from 53/59 the other four won 6 titles and 8 rostrum places as you said Young would be high up on anyone's list.

Indeed, Sidney. We should also add Fred Williams to the early 50s. Two World Championship wins plus one runner-up spot. Can't be bad!

Edited May 1, 2017 by norbold