BOBBATH Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 New Cross, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Rayleigh, Kings Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 In the UK: California, Norwich, Southampton, Ellesmere Port and Castleford Abroad: San Bernadino (original track), Vladivostock, Sydney Showground, Vastervik, Torun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC67 Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Hyde Road, The Shay , The County Ground, Glasgow White City , Old Meadowbank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy Bird Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 West Ham,the shay, Crewe,Southampton,Bristol (knowle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 New Cross, Harringay, Norwich, Malmö, Gothenburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 West Ham, New Cross, Southampton, Norwich & Great Yarmouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 New Cross, Rayleigh, Norwich, Southampton, Somerset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 3 hours ago, DSC67 said: Hyde Road, The Shay , The County Ground, Glasgow White City , Old Meadowbank Went to the 2 Scottish tracks in’67. Still remember the trips up from London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 24 minutes ago, chunky said: New Cross, Rayleigh, Norwich, Southampton, Somerset. First went to Rayleigh in ‘63. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Every track that staged a World Final outside of Wembley, apart from Malmö and Gothenburg as I have already mentioned them in an earlier post. That’s more than 5 though!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 25 minutes ago, customhouseregular said: First went to Rayleigh in ‘63. Sad that there were London area tracks I never got to, but by the time BL II started, my dad wasn't able to go much because of work. My mum took me to Wimbledon by bus and tube, and we only did odd trips to West Ham and Hackney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 I forgot Norwich- so can I have 6, otherwise will have to drop Rayleigh!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) Norwich, Crystal Palace, Walthamstow, Greenford and Clapton (Lea Bridge). A story about my never going to Norwich. I left school in 1965 and went to Teacher Training College in Norwich. Although I left school in 1965, I'd had to apply for college in 1964, so I applied for Norwich specially so i would be able to go to speedway there. Sadly as we know, Norwich closed at the end of 1964, so I was to remain speedwayless - though I did get along to King's Lynn once! Edited August 16, 2021 by norbold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 West Ham, Southampton, New Cross, Norwich, Vetlanda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 West Ham & New Cross - two old classics that closed down before I started going Reading (Tilehurst) & Swindon Autodrome - the original versions of two that I regularly attended. Bristol (Knowle) - with my mum. In the forties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 9 hours ago, norbold said: Norwich, Crystal Palace, Walthamstow, Greenford and Clapton (Lea Bridge). A story about my never going to Norwich. I left school in 1965 and went to Teacher Training College in Norwich. Although I left school in 1965, I'd had to apply for college in 1964, so I applied for Norwich specially so i would be able to go to speedway there. Sadly as we know, Norwich closed at the end of 1964, so I was to remain speedwayless - though I did get along to King's Lynn once! Sounds similar to my decision making process when it came to Uni. The 5 choices owed more to their proximity to Speedway tracks than the quality of the education they would provide. Was close to going to Leicester or Queen Mary's (for Hackney) but ended up plumping for Kingston and weekly visits to Plough Lane. As for the tracks I wish I'd been to.....West Ham, Trelawny, Glasgow White City, New Cross, Norwich. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 55 minutes ago, salty said: Sounds similar to my decision making process when it came to Uni. The 5 choices owed more to their proximity to Speedway tracks than the quality of the education they would provide. Was close to going to Leicester or Queen Mary's (for Hackney) but ended up plumping for Kingston and weekly visits to Plough Lane. As for the tracks I wish I'd been to.....West Ham, Trelawny, Glasgow White City, New Cross, Norwich. Same here I had Oxford, Bristol (running when I applied), Poole (Southampton uni), Coventry (Warwick uni) and Exeter on my UCCA form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 tracks i never rode at but wish i had .. Bradford, Bydgoszcz (Exeter went not long after i packed in), Coventry, Swindon, Cradley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 Unlike a few others, I had lost interest in speedway by the time I had to choose where to take my degree. It was between High Wycombe and Kingston. I plumped for Kingston As for tracks I wish I had visited Crystal Palace, New Cross, Stamford Bridge (even though there was a track there back in the 70s when I watched footie), Harringay and West Ham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyO Posted August 16, 2021 Report Share Posted August 16, 2021 BV Hyde Road West Ham Norwich Cradley Trelawny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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