wyattnorm Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 By chance I have just come across this site and saw a mention of Romford Speedway and it took me straight back to those days. Before I go on, I will say that I loved all speedway, anything with motorbikes. When I heard that speedway was coming to Romford, it took a bit of believing, living in Brentwood just 10 minutes away. Well, it turned out to be the most exciting time. We would go to West Ham-Hackney-Rayleigh and now Romford. I could go on and on.....but it reminded me of my Romford programs which are tucked away, but I came across these old 'Speedway Stop Press', always on sale on race night, only kept them because they are my illustrations on the covers. I think I won 10 bob for them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 On 10/31/2019 at 4:27 PM, wyattnorm said: By chance I have just come across this site and saw a mention of Romford Speedway and it took me straight back to those days. Before I go on, I will say that I loved all speedway, anything with motorbikes. When I heard that speedway was coming to Romford, it took a bit of believing, living in Brentwood just 10 minutes away. Well, it turned out to be the most exciting time. We would go to West Ham-Hackney-Rayleigh and now Romford. I could go on and on.....but it reminded me of my Romford programs which are tucked away, but I came across these old 'Speedway Stop Press', always on sale on race night, only kept them because they are my illustrations on the covers. I think I won 10 bob for them. Speedway Stop press, i remember it well. My dad used to buy them at West Ham and i used to colour in your illustrations. I have a full set of these fanzines from 1969 to 1972, minus my artwork. There can't be many sets that have survived. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyattnorm Posted November 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 I started going to West Ham from Brentwood by train and walking from Stratford.....must have been mad to do that journey. Romford was everything a good track should be, good viewing, good lighting and a really good atmosphere...very sad day when it closed. Just found lots of old speedway on youtube. Wish I had kept more Speedway Stop Press...trying to find all of my old Romford programs, hidden in the house somewhere....they would all be filled in with scores and notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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