Sidney the robin Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 19 hours ago, auntie doris said: Abbey faves Hitch, Briggo, Ashby, Kilbs, Broady, Doyley, Zagar, Adams.Never saw Crumple, Autrey or Nilsen ride. Did you give speedway a miss Doris from 1980 for a while..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Sidney the robin said: Did you give speedway a miss Doris from 1980 for a while..? 30 year break Sid..early 70s Swindon, starting going again 2004. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) On 8/24/2021 at 11:12 AM, auntie doris said: 30 year break Sid..early 70s Swindon, starting going again 2004. You're probably the only person who missed Les Collins' entire career!!! Edited August 26, 2021 by chunky 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, chunky said: You're probably the only person who missed Les Collins' entire career!!! I heard about crowds of 17000 at The Abbey, people locked out, Brits being top of the world, then the Americans and Danes reigning in the 80s. Riders such as Nielsen, Gundersen, Penhall, Ermolenko, Crump. Who was this Les Collins guy?When I returned 30 years later Wimbledon, Ackney, Mauger, Briggs, Olsen, had disappeared, Poole and Coventry were top 2, and you couldnt buy year bars or rosettes anymore. GPs at a stadium in Cardiff instead of one'off finals! Edited August 26, 2021 by auntie doris 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 38 minutes ago, auntie doris said: I heard about crowds of 17000 at The Abbey, people locked out, Brits being top of the world, then the Americans and Danes reigning in the 80s. Riders such as Nielsen, Gundersen, Penhall, Ermolenko, Crump. Who was this Les Collins guy?When I returned 30 years later Wimbledon, Ackney, Mauger, Briggs, Olsen, had disappeared, Poole and Coventry were top 2, and you couldnt buy year bars or rosettes anymore. GPs at a stadium in Cardiff instead of one'off finals! There was a lot more than that few that had bloody disappeared... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted August 26, 2021 Report Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) There were teams called Eastbourne, Arena Essex, Peterborough in top div. Oxford were Silver Machine. No Halifax, Exeter, Cradley Heath, Leicester. The worst thing was you had to pay to get in, you couldn't climb in anymore, no second-halves, or special buses. Edited August 26, 2021 by auntie doris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 10 hours ago, auntie doris said: There were teams called Eastbourne, Arena Essex, Peterborough in top div. Oxford were Silver Machine. No Halifax, Exeter, Cradley Heath, Leicester. The worst thing was you had to pay to get in, you couldn't climb in anymore, no second-halves, or special buses. Can you remember Doris the days of over ten buses being outside the Abbey after a meeting a friend of mine often got on the Penhill bus.? Yes climbing over the wall was a done thing for me did it most weeks i used to get over just behind those dreaded legendary filthy toilets then head over to the pits for autographs it was so easy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sidney the robin said: Can you remember Doris the days of over ten buses being outside the Abbey after a meeting a friend of mine often got on the Penhill bus.? Yes climbing over the wall was a done thing for me did it most weeks i used to get over just behind those dreaded legendary filthy toilets then head over to the pits for autographs it was so easy. That's another thing, the difference between the 60s70s and 21st.century, you could go into the pits and get autographs, and chat to riders, half of them were local lads. You had to be on that green Bristol Omnibus sharpish, as sometimes it left for Cavi Square before end of second half final, normally consisting of Briggo, Broady, Ashby, Kilby. If you were on top deck of bus you could pick out their helmet colours. A 5 year old mascot called Alun Rossiter doing some laps! Those legendary back straight bogs with Izal bog rollSwindon Town in the afternoon, Robins at night. About 30 home meetings a year.  Edited August 27, 2021 by auntie doris 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, auntie doris said: That's another thing, the difference between the 60s70s and 21st.century, you could go into the pits and get autographs, and chat to riders, half of them were local lads. You had to be on that green Bristol Omnibus sharpish, as sometimes it left for Cavi Square before end of second half final, normally consisting of Briggo, Broady, Ashby, Kilby. If you were on top deck of bus you could pick out their helmet colours. A 5 year old mascot called Alun Rossiter doing some laps! Those legendary back straight bogs with Izal bog roll You're lucky it wasn't Bronco loo roll  Edited August 27, 2021 by jrs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 51 minutes ago, auntie doris said: That's another thing, the difference between the 60s70s and 21st.century, you could go into the pits and get autographs, and chat to riders, half of them were local lads. You had to be on that green Bristol Omnibus sharpish, as sometimes it left for Cavi Square before end of second half final, normally consisting of Briggo, Broady, Ashby, Kilby. If you were on top deck of bus you could pick out their helmet colours. A 5 year old mascot called Alun Rossiter doing some laps! Those legendary back straight bogs with Izal bog rollSwindon Town in the afternoon, Robins at night. About 30 home meetings a year.  At that time Doris there was a cheap and expensive side , we used to go on bend two on the bank was never keen watching at the starting gate.I think that gate that separated the two sides was opened after heat 10 great days really and those second halves were terrific.They help mould the  career’s of the likes of  Holloway ( RIP), Hewlett, (RIP), the Chessell’s, the Smar’ts, Rosco, (ect) .Those second halves were hard initially for those lads usually win the scurry or junior race and then bang in with the big boys a real learning curve for them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 The five tracks that I would have liked to visit but did not were Bradford, Exeter, Plymouth, Leicester, Wombwell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 Cradley, Wembley, Bristol, Meadowbank, Trelawny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 42 minutes ago, falcace said: Cradley, Wembley, Bristol, Meadowbank, Trelawny. I feel bad for you. You never got to try the pork and stuffing sarnies, and pork scratchings from Cradley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, chunky said: I feel bad for you. You never got to try the pork and stuffing sarnies, and pork scratchings from Cradley! I know. Sick as a pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted February 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 Those pork sarnies at Cradley were to die for! Lovely grub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Halifax, Wembley, Newport Somerton Park, Trelawny and Belle Vue Hyde Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, frigbo said: Halifax, Wembley, Newport Somerton Park, Trelawny and Belle Vue Hyde Road. Wembley was my home track, been to Hyde Road several times, been to Somerton Park but only for football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Wembley, Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank & Powederhall), Belle Vue Hyde Road, Sunderland and New Cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbieB Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 New Cross, West Ham, The original larger Wimbledon track, Haringey, King's Oak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, RobbieB said: New Cross, West Ham, The original larger Wimbledon track, Haringey, King's Oak. Thanks. You've made me feel really old now as I've seen speedway at all of those! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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