Fromafar Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 4 hours ago, steve roberts said: I seem to recall that there was also a plaque dedicated to Alan Wells who used to train there prior to winning his 100m Gold Medal in 1980? That’s correct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill94d Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 Hasn't Bert Harkins got the plaque for safekeeping for now? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Great Film this. Takes me back to the 'good old days' of Speedway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 8/20/2020 at 12:52 AM, keepturningleft said: https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5853 Glorious footage. Thanks very much for sharing. Lovely bit of film. There was a picture of Meadowbank packed to the rafters with the towering tenements in the background in the Speedway Star a few months ago too. Glorious image. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepturningleft Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 At 6.24, a young lad in the centre is wearing a visor remarkably similar to what many are wearing now in the corona virus crisis. How come no-one thought of manufacturing those back in the day? At tracks where receiving a faceful of shale was always likely, they would have sold like hotcakes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 4 hours ago, keepturningleft said: At 6.24, a young lad in the centre is wearing a visor remarkably similar to what many are wearing now in the corona virus crisis. How come no-one thought of manufacturing those back in the day? At tracks where receiving a faceful of shale was always likely, they would have sold like hotcakes! Exeter and Romford spring to mind. The low concrete wall at Brooklands was a scary place to stand. As a child, i only did it once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 Passed the link on to Reg Fearman, he greatly enjoyed the film and has passed it on to several other veterans of that era he is in touch with, Meadowbank was one of his most favourite tracks to race on. He is sure that the date of the meeting is 14 June 1952-which would explain why Jack Young is in civvies as he had moved to West Ham by then Apparently the full teams are shown on Speedway Researcher for that date. He recognised many of his old friends- Gordon McGregor, Bluey Scott, Bob Mark, Dick Campbell, Noel Watson , Don Cuppleditch for example. So again a big thanks to iris 123 for posting this great old film 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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