Now here's a funny thing....

[PotteringAround]

On 10/31/2020 at 10:17 PM, AFCB Wildcat said:

Spot on 

Belle Vue v Oxford was abandoned apparently.

it was indeed.

[AFCB Wildcat]

1 hour ago, PotteringAround said:

it was indeed.

Wow that's amazing!

I see Colin Gooddy was going okay though.

He was one of my favourite riders later at Poole 

Great to see it, thank you for posting it.

Edited November 3, 2020 by AFCB Wildcat

[AFCB Wildcat]

23 hours ago, Topcat said:

I know Brian and could ask him why he broke the tapes!

If you could that would be great.

I've got over it now but as an 8 year old I was quite upset so it would be nice have closure on the episode 

[Knowle]

Back to the thread I was born on the first day of the War 3/9/1939 and there is no record of any matches that day even Poland,, well it was a Sunday. 

[BL65]

1 hour ago, Knowle said:

Back to the thread I was born on the first day of the War 3/9/1939 and there is no record of any matches that day even Poland,, well it was a Sunday. 

On Sunday, 3rd September 1939 Holbeach & Spalding Tulips were due to meet The Dominions at Bell End, Holbeach on what had originally been a grass circuit, but by mid-1939 had been levelled to form what was a dirt-surfaced track.  There are references to the circuit having cinders on the bends immediately after the war, but it is not clear if this was the case in 1939.  Meetings staged at Bell End followed the format for speedway meetings, with individual events over 20 heats and team meetings regularly taking place, sometimes against teams from league clubs.  The meeting against The Dominions was cancelled following declaration of war earlier in the day, but in defiance of a government ban on public assemblies impromptu races took place that afternoon, with around 400 spectators present.   In the final race of the afternoon Alan Smith beat Buster Yeomans.

[Knowle]

On ‎11‎/‎16‎/‎2020 at 10:29 PM, BL65 said:

On Sunday, 3rd September 1939 Holbeach & Spalding Tulips were due to meet The Dominions at Bell End, Holbeach on what had originally been a grass circuit, but by mid-1939 had been levelled to form what was a dirt-surfaced track.  There are references to the circuit having cinders on the bends immediately after the war, but it is not clear if this was the case in 1939.  Meetings staged at Bell End followed the format for speedway meetings, with individual events over 20 heats and team meetings regularly taking place, sometimes against teams from league clubs.  The meeting against The Dominions was cancelled following declaration of war earlier in the day, but in defiance of a government ban on public assemblies impromptu races took place that afternoon, with around 400 spectators present.   In the final race of the afternoon Alan Smith beat Buster Yeomans.

Thanks for that BL65 that was really interesting.