steve roberts Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 16 minutes ago, Robbie B said: Seeing that the BBc TV Blue Peter is celebrating its 60th birthday it jogged my memory about a clip on YouTube featuring John Noakes and Peter Purvis at Hackney speedway that some of you might enjoy https://youtu.be/nsKQIihffE8 Shame that I can't find clip of the programme featuring Gordon Kennett riding around White City before their March 1976 opening meeting. Does anyone know whether they featured Wimbledon speedway or any other UK tracks? I recall Ivan Mauger appearing with his Gold Bike and on another occasion Larry Ross whilst a 'Don'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Everyone who attends Berwick meetings is a celebrity, at least in their own minds anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ore Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Robbie B said: Does anyone know whether they featured Wimbledon speedway or any other UK tracks? Although I would have been very young at the rime I remember two more recent presenters, Simon Groom definitely being one, having a race at Halifax. IIRC one of them won, as the juniors they were against either fell or efed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 55 minutes ago, Mr Ore said: Although I would have been very young at the rime I remember two more recent presenters, Simon Groom definitely being one, having a race at Halifax. IIRC one of them won, as the juniors they were against either fell or efed. This was back at the start of 1980. It was actually Christopher Wenner who rode not Simon Groom and he was helped to 'win' the race in a time of 91 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WTF1 Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 On 9/17/2018 at 9:59 PM, Blackadder said: Freddie Starr used to pop in to Owlerton when he had a week's booking at the Sheffield Fiesta night club. He always did 10 minutes or so larking about on the centre green to entertain the crowd. He was on the front page of the SS once, along with Reg Wilson and Terry Betts. Three look-a-likes. Happy days. Didn't he present to the top Sheffield scorer of 1974 Bob Valentine a brand new engine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Tim Lovejoy has been a fan for years but doesn't get to too many being based in London and busy weekends. Helen Chamberlain was his co host on Soccer Am years ago and the two once presented the league title. Big friends of Tai the Lowe's brothers from Superbikes love speedway and Rossi was challenged to try Speedway as he often watched it and think there was plans for Monster to get riders from different sports to try others two wheels for charity. A few of the Coronation Street cast have visited Belle Vue a few times and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 6 hours ago, HerniaWise said: Didn't he present to the top Sheffield scorer of 1974 Bob Valentine a brand new engine ? I know that he presented ipswich's Tony Davey with a new bike prior to the 1978 Grande Prix Final at White City in 1978. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WTF1 Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 It takes so little talent these days to become a celebrity with all the crappy singing and reality shows but it seems these people are adored by thousands so it's a pity none are interested in speedway so as to make an appearance and bring a few more young ones into speedway, A couple of years ago the now X Factor judge and local lad Louis Tomlinson brought a few extra thousands through the turnstiles by making an appearance at Doncaster Rovers football club, If only more high profile celebrities were interested in speedway then people would follow like sheep and the terraces would be full again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppetman Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 15 hours ago, Robbie B said: Seeing that the BBc TV Blue Peter is celebrating its 60th birthday it jogged my memory about a clip on YouTube featuring John Noakes and Peter Purvis at Hackney speedway that some of you might enjoy https://youtu.be/nsKQIihffE8 Shame that I can't find clip of the programme featuring Gordon Kennett riding around White City before their March 1976 opening meeting. Does anyone know whether they featured Wimbledon speedway or any other UK tracks? Here's the Gordon Kennett clip: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/speedway-white-city/query/speedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 9 hours ago, HerniaWise said: It takes so little talent these days to become a celebrity with all the crappy singing and reality shows but it seems these people are adored by thousands so it's a pity none are interested in speedway so as to make an appearance and bring a few more young ones into speedway, A couple of years ago the now X Factor judge and local lad Louis Tomlinson brought a few extra thousands through the turnstiles by making an appearance at Doncaster Rovers football club, If only more high profile celebrities were interested in speedway then people would follow like sheep and the terraces would be full again. I wonder if any track tries to get local 'celebrities' to follow them on Twitter? Given the reputation of the BV board for example you would think they could know someone who has the 'ear' of the likes of Mourinho, Guardiola or maybe some of the players..? Maybe getting a few retweets off them may get their followers noticing the sport as it could be taken as an endorsement from them..? At the NSS for example the Mayor of Mcr, (Andy Burnham) is a very high profile person on social media and has a desire to end homelessness.... BV should latch on to this and see how they can help out by being a pillar of the community... The world has changed from "let's put leaflets on cars in supermarket car parks"... Sometimes you think Speedway seems to see leafleting cars in car parks as quite "cutting edge" when it comes to marketing.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ore Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 20 hours ago, Grand Central said: This was back at the start of 1980. It was actually Christopher Wenner who rode not Simon Groom and he was helped to 'win' the race in a time of 91 seconds. Happy to be corrected, as I said I was very young at the time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 17 hours ago, mikebv said: I wonder if any track tries to get local 'celebrities' to follow them on Twitter? Given the reputation of the BV board for example you would think they could know someone who has the 'ear' of the likes of Mourinho, Guardiola or maybe some of the players..? Maybe getting a few retweets off them may get their followers noticing the sport as it could be taken as an endorsement from them..? At the NSS for example the Mayor of Mcr, (Andy Burnham) is a very high profile person on social media and has a desire to end homelessness.... BV should latch on to this and see how they can help out by being a pillar of the community... The world has changed from "let's put leaflets on cars in supermarket car parks"... Sometimes you think Speedway seems to see leafleting cars in car parks as quite "cutting edge" when it comes to marketing.. how would overpaid ninnies retweet anything , most of them can barely tie their own shoelaces . and even if they would speedway can't afford to pay them ,because they most certainly will do nothing for nothing , 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, adonis said: how would overpaid ninnies retweet anything , most of them can barely tie their own shoelaces . and even if they would speedway can't afford to pay them ,because they most certainly will do nothing for nothing , And they don't tweet themselves, they employ people to manage their social media accounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppetman Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Rod Stewart.(True) Quote from his autobiography: 'Mary and Peggy, my sisters, would take me to watch speedway at Harringay, which was hugely popular then'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 On 10/21/2018 at 11:19 PM, HerniaWise said: Didn't he present to the top Sheffield scorer of 1974 Bob Valentine a brand new engine ? I believe the story to be that he promised the 1973 top scorer (who turned out to be Bob Valentine) a new engine, but allegedly it ended up as the track spare, and Rod Haynes beat Ole Olsen in a second half in 1974 on it. Although someone who was there at the time will know better than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted October 30, 2018 Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) There was a kids TV quiz programme in the 1970's when I was still a kid, age-wize at least (!), called Runaround presented by the late Mike Reid, once 3 speedway riders appeared with their bikes but don't recall who they were. And Jim Fixed It for a young lad to ride at Reading with Dave Jessup, the kid already had his own bike and gear so Jim actually didn't need to 'fix' that much. On Magpie, ITV's Blue Peter, Mick Somebody (the Marc Bolan lookalike) tried speedway at King's Lynn, I believe it was, he complained "I can ride the straights ok but I can't do thw corners"; a lot of beginners have trouble with the corners in speedway. The memories are flooding back now: I also saw the This Is Your Life Barry Briggs episode (I know!), don't recall a lot about it I'd only just discovered speedway, just Briggo riding round then the late Eamon Andrews dressed in immaculate overalls presenting him with the big red book and an 'old man in speedway' (Johnny Hoskins !) said something that had everyone rolling about laughing, such a blooming shame the tape was wiped which was common in those days a lot of valuable stuff wasn't archived.... Edited October 31, 2018 by martinmauger spelling x2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ore Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 13 hours ago, martinmauger said: There was a kids TV quiz programme in the 1970's when I was still a kid, age-wize at least (!), called Runaround presented by the late Mike Reid, once 3 speedway riders appeared with their bikes but don't recall who they were. The late Kevin Holden was one of the riders. Mike Reid referred to them having an item of equipment missing, from when he goes to speedway (so potentially another celebrity fan) , when they rode around the studio. Kevin advised it was the steel shoe and explained its use on the track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the info, confirms I didn't imagine it long time ago and all that, though I think the guy who tried speedway on Magpie was Mick Robertson.... Edited October 31, 2018 by martinmauger added info x2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Ray Wilson once appeared on a game show (can't remember the name) whereby the panal had to guess the occupation of the person. If I recall Ray mimed the action of changing a tyre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Recall the name of the prgramme now..."What's My Line?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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