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On 1/14/2021 at 5:50 PM, Neila said:

Can't get away with it, tried a digital newspaper in 1st lockdown, but missed turning the pages and putting down and picking it back up, plus when I fall asleep reading paper/magazine does not hurt when it falls on your foot but a tablet does !!:rolleyes:

Same her wouldnt have a tablet, got to be books each tells a story inside, the covers tell another allways keep them can tell where and who was with when read :rofl:

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On 1/13/2021 at 8:59 PM, Neila said:

Also waiting of last week's issue but not blaming speedway star, as local royal mail sorting office in Workington is rife with covid and parcels are taking priority over mail !!!

Got my first post for a week, last week's star,this week's star and a mountain of mail, good job I've been put on furlough next week, so I can get some reading done :D

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2 hours ago, Bavarian said:

I enjoyed reading the five part Rhodesia Speedway History by Brian Burford in the Speedway Star over the past five weeks. That was an excellent read, absolutely fascinating stuff.

I totally agree with this. In fact, there have been many fascinating pieces in the Star since lockdown.

I'd love to see more such articles.   How about a piece on Hevingham the track that staged one meeting in the mid 70s and then got 'buried' apparently.  Or something about the Mike Parker attempt to get speedway going near Rimini in Italy in the mid to late 60s.  

On an entirely personal note, I'd love to hear the story of the Melville/Rycroft promotion at Oxford in1964. Lasted a year and I think a lot happened.

Keep up the good work.

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14 minutes ago, coldace said:

I totally agree with this. In fact, there have been many fascinating pieces in the Star since lockdown.

I'd love to see more such articles.   How about a piece on Hevingham the track that staged one meeting in the mid 70s and then got 'buried' apparently.  Or something about the Mike Parker attempt to get speedway going near Rimini in Italy in the mid to late 60s.  

On an entirely personal note, I'd love to hear the story of the Melville/Rycroft promotion at Oxford in1964. Lasted a year and I think a lot happened.

Keep up the good work.

The year Oxford won three competitions and not to be repeated until 1985 during the Nielsen era. However, apparently, the crowds weren't that good despite the on-track success and the promoters left and Danny Dunton and Ted Flanaghan took over the following season.

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51 minutes ago, steve roberts said:

The year Oxford won three competitions and not to be repeated until 1985 during the Nielsen era. However, apparently, the crowds weren't that good despite the on-track success and the promoters left and Danny Dunton and Ted Flanaghan took over the following season.

The crowds were not so bad but there were a lot of meetings that year and some 'fillers'.  I'd imagine the problem was the costs.  It would have cost a bit to get Ron How and I believe they were after Briggs at one time. A very enjoyable year though after the problems of 61, 62 and 63. 

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Question for Phil.

Any idea why the British Library only has copies of the Star to 2009 ?  I thought they got a copy of every British publication or has that requirement changed ?

Thanks

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