Guest Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 20 minutes ago, iris123 said: Forgot about the original one. I started this one, after New Cross memories 2 was hidden/ deleted a few days back I guess the starter of that thread had also forgotten the original I have no idea in regard to New Cross Memories 2. If there was hidden/delete involved it was not by me. I would like to see a useful/active New Cross thread and readily give recognition to this one. Obviously there is a tidy-up needed to maintain deserved credence on this thread. To implement that course I give notice that I am considering using HIDE on the New Cross comments I have made - but am wary of doing so as I could stimulate adverse comment? I would appreciate comment/advice on what to do. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 12 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: I would appreciate comment/advice on what to do. Any offers, anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw42 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Maybe it's time to put the silly old bugger on ignore, if everyone did it then we'd never see his posts again, he'd never be quoted, it would be as though he didn't exist at all. Although I don't know if the ignore facility covers new thread titles, either way it's nauseating having to trawl through his inane ramblings, he's like a one man wrecking crew and he's probably proud of himself, wouldn't last 5 minutes in a real life setting with normal people, they would just boot him out of the room. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 I was fascinated by the picture of the football game that had the ad for New Cross prominently displayed and an advert for "The Astoria" Old Kent road. I am assuming it was a Millwall game at the Den-am I right? BTW would any historian hazard a guess at the opposition. Great photo-maybe from an old newspaper.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, nw42 said: wouldn't last 5 minutes in a real life setting with normal people ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT NORMAL??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, nw42 said: Maybe it's time to put the silly old bugger on ignore, if everyone did it then we'd never see his posts again, he'd never be quoted, it would be as though he didn't exist at all. Although I don't know if the ignore facility covers new thread titles, either way it's nauseating having to trawl through his inane ramblings, he's like a one man wrecking crew and he's probably proud of himself, wouldn't last 5 minutes in a real life setting with normal people, they would just boot him out of the room. Obviously you have no idea of my extremely long association over many years in regard to speedway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 28 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: Obviously you have no idea of my extremely long association over many years in regard to speedway? The problem is, neither have you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 37 minutes ago, JohnHyam said: Obviously you have no idea of my extremely long association over many years in regard to speedway? The problem, John, is that you have admitted yourself that you lost interest in speedway in the 1950's. Since then, while you have had an "association", you have had very little interest or knowledge. If you concentrate on the period about which you DO possess interest and knowledge, it would be so much better for EVERYONE, not least yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted April 27, 2022 Report Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 1/30/2022 at 5:51 PM, JohnHyam said: norbold - didn't you write a history book about New Cross Speedway? Can you give details/title please? The link regarding Norman Jacobs aka norbold's book on New Cross Speedway: http://speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/out of the frying pan - new cross speedway.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 Great photo showing the entrance and speedway track. With the Den in the background 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted April 2, 2023 Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 2 hours ago, iris123 said: Great photo showing the entrance and speedway track. With the Den in the background Great photo….but I can't see John there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds85 Posted April 2, 2023 Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 2 hours ago, iris123 said: Great photo showing the entrance and speedway track. With the Den in the background This is a very interesting photo of speedway right in the centre of London, can you imagine that these days??? Can someone tell me who the team was who raced there, and what the other stadium is? Thanks... I've found the location on google maps and it's just parklands now, very sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 6 hours ago, Diamonds85 said: This is a very interesting photo of speedway right in the centre of London, can you imagine that these days??? Can someone tell me who the team was who raced there, and what the other stadium is? Thanks... I've found the location on google maps and it's just parklands now, very sad... It's New Cross (famously featured in the film "Once a Jolly Swagman" starring Dirk Bogarde and Bill Owen amongst others) with Millwall's ground in the background. I visited some years ago and saw the new "Den" while the old stadium had just been demolished and there was some evidence of the old New Cross if you looked hard enough but it's just now a recreation ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 On 4/27/2022 at 6:21 PM, iris123 said: Just caught up with this one...that's how I remember it when I visited back in the nineties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 37 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Just caught up with this one...that's how I remember it when I visited back in the nineties. Same here. Although i do remember seeing the remnants of terracing that was curved, so must have been one of the bends. Something that always fascinated me, finding remnants of old stadia etc from the time i saw a report on finding the old terracing from an early Woolwich Arsenal stadium in someones back garden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotonian Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 19 hours ago, norbold said: Great photo….but I can't see John there. He's still on the bus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted April 4, 2023 Report Share Posted April 4, 2023 Great photos of a track I sadly never got to visit. Is the area shown around the Old Kent road atough area these days-streetcrime etc.? Is it still a white working class area ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted April 4, 2023 Report Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Great photos of a track I sadly never got to visit. Is the area shown around the Old Kent road atough area these days-streetcrime etc.? Is it still a white working class area ? Can you expand on that question and explain what your real meaning is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 Sure Norman, it was a genuine question on my part. On my last visit to London- I walked around Plaistow and did wonder where the old East End white cockneys had gone? So I wondered if the same thing applied down the Old Kent Road. Before anybody raises the old Racist card, I was just wondering if the same changes had occurred around OKR. Also it seems from what we read here that there is a lot more petty and gang crime in areas of the old East End and wondering whether the same applied there. Just a request for knowledge -no hidden motives, but it seems that things have become so divisive you can't ask a question without raising the spectre of being questioned by the Political Correctness brigade (not that I am suggesting you are part of that movement Norman). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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