BOBBATH Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 Good on you Norbold-what is the oldest programme (your first meeting) and what season do you have the most programmes from? Nothing the matter with anoraks either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, BOBBATH said: Good on you Norbold-what is the oldest programme (your first meeting) and what season do you have the most programmes from? Nothing the matter with anoraks either. ....and I sold off all my programmes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 4 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Good on you Norbold-what is the oldest programme (your first meeting) and what season do you have the most programmes from? Nothing the matter with anoraks either. 11 May 1960. New Cross v. Norwich. Britannia Shield. I'm not sure which season I have the most programmes from without checking, but I would guess probably 1964 as I went to West Ham and Hackney every week plus Wimbledon quite frequently as well as Rye House. But it could be any other season in the 60s or early 70s! You've given me a job to do now to find out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 2:48 PM, BOBBATH said: Yup, this a great forum-particularly glad for stuff on sixties (my era)- I still have the programmes of every meeting I ever attended.!! I must be what you Brits used to call an "anorak"!!!! When I left England back in 1972, I gave all my programmes and Speedway Stars going back about 10 years to a chap named Derek Neave. Derek was well known around the London tracks selling programmes for charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Split said: When I left England back in 1972, I gave all my programmes and Speedway Stars going back about 10 years to a chap named Derek Neave. Derek was well known around the London tracks selling programmes for charity. I bought quite a few from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, norbold said: I bought quite a few from him. 50 or more years ago Derrick Neave used to place a weekly advert in the Speedway Star, with a list of featured programmes he had for sale. He resided in Benfleet at the time and later relocated to Saxmundham. He was still advertising in the Star in the 1980s, but in one letter I received from him he told me that sadly he was finding the task of sorting through programmes and dealing with correspondence was becoming too difficult and painful, as he was badly afflicted with arthtritis. He actually gave me a huge pile of early post-war programmes sometime in the mid to late 1980s as he was winding down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, BL65 said: 50 or more years ago Derrick Neave used to place a weekly advert in the Speedway Star, with a list of featured programmes he had for sale. He resided in Benfleet at the time and later relocated to Saxmundham. He was still advertising in the Star in the 1980s, but in one letter I received from him he told me that sadly he was finding the task of sorting through programmes and dealing with correspondence was becoming too difficult and painful, as he was badly afflicted with arthtritis. He actually gave me a huge pile of early post-war programmes sometime in the mid to late 1980s as he was winding down. That is so weird... I'd forgotten all about Derrick and his ads (I never bought anything from him). As soon as I saw his name here, Saxmundham was the first thing that came to my mind! Edited July 26, 2021 by chunky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, chunky said: That is so weird... I'd forgotten all about Derrick and his ads (I never bought anything from him), but didn't he live in Saxmundham? As soon as I saw his name here, Saxmundham was the first thing that came to my mind! He did live there after Benfleet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted July 26, 2021 Report Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, BL65 said: He did live there after Benfleet. I know, but it's just funny how we have things stored away in the back of our minds! As I said, I never had any dealings with Derrick, but I remembered something like that from years ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Definitely remember his name, but I don’t think I bought anything from him directly. I did buy a few pre-war programmes at Wembley in 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 Back to Oxford 1964- there were two novice promoters in charge that year, one was called Rodney Rycroft the others' name escapes me. I think they may have been posh guys-only stayed that one year . There were rumours of money troubles when they left. Anyway, did these two assemble the all conquering team or did they do something as promoters that made Oxford such an all conquering team in 1964. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 25 minutes ago, BOBBATH said: Back to Oxford 1964- there were two novice promoters in charge that year, one was called Rodney Rycroft the others' name escapes me. Cyril Melville... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, BOBBATH said: Back to Oxford 1964- there were two novice promoters in charge that year, one was called Rodney Rycroft the others' name escapes me. I think they may have been posh guys-only stayed that one year . There were rumours of money troubles when they left. Anyway, did these two assemble the all conquering team or did they do something as promoters that made Oxford such an all conquering team in 1964. Cyril Melville and Rodney Rycroft were partners in the promotion, but they lasted just one season. They added a couple of riders, How and Gooch, to create a winning team which they couldn't afford, as despite the success on track attendances left something to be desired that year. Cyril Melville owned an advertising business in Exeter and I believe Rodney Rycroft may have been involved in car sales at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, BL65 said: They added a couple of riders, How and Gooch, to create a winning team which they couldn't afford Oh, so it's not a new thing then??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL65 Posted August 9, 2021 Report Share Posted August 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, chunky said: Oh, so it's not a new thing then??? Sadly not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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