customhouseregular Posted May 3, 2022 Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, norbold said: So did I. I don't remember seeing you there! You may have seen me wearing a long red and blue scarf and eating a 12” hot dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/3/2022 at 11:42 AM, customhouseregular said: You may have seen me wearing a long red and blue scarf and eating a 12” hot dog. Oh, it was a hot dog. I often wondered what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 From memory it was called a Doozler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed29 Posted May 9, 2022 Report Share Posted May 9, 2022 I Think lot of people speedway fans will go remembering West Ham 50 Years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/9/2022 at 4:55 PM, speed29 said: I Think lot of people speedway fans will go remembering West Ham 50 Years. Wish I was going but too far to go for a day! I went to the first in 1964 and nearly every meeting there after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 I've just found my old Hammers t-shirt. It's a bit faded, but what do you expect after 60 years!? So if anyone sees an old duffer in a faded West Ham t-shirt, please come up and say hello! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, norbold said: I've just found my old Hammers t-shirt. It's a bit faded, but what do you expect after 60 years!? So if anyone sees an old duffer in a faded West Ham t-shirt, please come up and say hello! Have you tried it on- no way that still fits Edited May 20, 2022 by racers and royals 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 4 hours ago, racers and royals said: Have you tried it on- no way that still fits Ah, yes. Good thinking. Amendment to my previous post: If anyone sees an old duffer in a faded West Ham t-shirt, that is at least three sizes too small for him, please come up and say hello! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, norbold said: Ah, yes. Good thinking. Amendment to my previous post: If anyone sees an old duffer in a faded West Ham t-shirt, that is at least three sizes too small for him, please come up and say hello! I’ll look out for you and certainly come and say ‘ello. I used to stand downstairs a few yards in front of the starting gate. I hope you or CHR weren’t the blokes who dropped your old peanut shells over the upper tier on my ‘ead ! Please not that we ‘ave to get back in the ‘abit of dropping out ‘h’s’ agen if we are celebrating Custom ‘Ouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, E I Addio said: I’ll look out for you and certainly come and say ‘ello. I used to stand downstairs a few yards in front of the starting gate. I hope you or CHR weren’t the blokes who dropped your old peanut shells over the upper tier on my ‘ead ! Please not that we ‘ave to get back in the ‘abit of dropping out ‘h’s’ agen if we are celebrating Custom ‘Ouse. Funny you should say that, because on one occasion I was standing looking over the edge of the upper tier with my friend, John, when a few kids came along and kicked some litter (may have been peanut shells amongst it) over the edge and scarpered sharpish. The people below looked up and swore at us because they thought it was us! So maybe you have sworn at me in a previous life, E.I......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 2 hours ago, norbold said: Funny you should say that, because on one occasion I was standing looking over the edge of the upper tier with my friend, John, when a few kids came along and kicked some litter (may have been peanut shells amongst it) over the edge and scarpered sharpish. The people below looked up and swore at us because they thought it was us! So maybe you have sworn at me in a previous life, E.I......... ….nah, happy days at the ‘ Ammers. I doubt if I cursed anyone except Bob Andrews and Sandor Levai ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Great day out !! seemed a healthy attendance - Surprise visitor was Barry Briggs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Great day out !! seemed a healthy attendance - Surprise visitor was Barry Briggs. Is that the man who ruined British Speedway by importing Jawa's?.... although it was claimed it stopped the Japs' . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Great day out !! seemed a healthy attendance - Surprise visitor was Barry Briggs. Yes, it was a great day, r and r and good to meet you again. Also Brian Leonard amongst many other former Hammers (and one Bomber!) I had a particularly interesting chat with Norman Hunter. Good weather as well - unlike most Tuesdays down Custom House as I seem to remember! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) On 5/21/2022 at 6:55 PM, Lefty said: Is that the man who ruined British Speedway by importing Jawa's?.... although it was claimed it stopped the Japs' . I thought that was Neil Street with the 4 valve conversion Edited May 23, 2022 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, norbold said: Yes, it was a great day, r and r and good to meet you again. Also Brian Leonard amongst many other former Hammers (and one Bomber!) I had a particularly interesting chat with Norman Hunter. Good weather as well - unlike most Tuesdays down Custom House as I seem to remember! Always a pleasure to ' chew the fat ' with you Norman- and that`s not a reference to how you looked in the tee shirt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 56 minutes ago, racers and royals said: I thought that was Neil Street with the 4 valve conversation Naw, I'm told by the younger ones on the terraces that it was the laydown that ruined Speedway .... But to go back on topic. I missed the opportunity to see the Wolves win 49-29 at Custom House... and never got the chance to go again. One of my regrets ... you always think you can go again next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted May 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Lefty said: Naw, I'm told by the younger ones on the terraces that it was the laydown that ruined Speedway .... But to go back on topic. I missed the opportunity to see the Wolves win 49-29 at Custom House... and never got the chance to go again. One of my regrets ... you always think you can go again next year You might have missed that one but were you at Swindon (date unknown)for a victory which Wolves fans i understand still talk about. "It was brilliant by Tim Sugar. Carter had one ride in heat 1 . He 'had' another when he wasn't replaced in one his rides. A reserve took another of his rides when an advantage was likely with a rider in it. Where was Carter's final ride coming from? There were 4 of us very experienced speedway fans scratching our heads. And then it came, Sugar gave Carter a rider replacement 'ride'. Genius." Edited May 21, 2022 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 22 minutes ago, racers and royals said: You might have missed that one but were you at Swindon (date unknown)for a victory which Wolves fans i understand still talk about. "It was brilliant by Tim Sugar. Carter had one ride in heat 1 . He 'had' another when he wasn't replaced in one his rides. A reserve took another of his rides when an advantage was likely with a rider in it. Where was Carter's final ride coming from? There were 4 of us very experienced speedway fans scratching our heads. And then it came, Sugar gave Carter a rider replacement 'ride'. Genius." Oh yes... you are reveered in our group at Monmore. Beowulf has you in his Wolves 'Hall Of Fame'. We still owe you a beer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 2 hours ago, norbold said: Yes, it was a great day, r and r and good to meet you again. Also Brian Leonard amongst many other former Hammers (and one Bomber!) I had a particularly interesting chat with Norman Hunter. Good weather as well - unlike most Tuesdays down Custom House as I seem to remember! Devasted that I missed Norman Hunter , and meeting the inimitable Norbold , but I arrived a bit lat and spent so long the museum ( which was excellent) was running out of time . Highlight for me was Sverre Harrfeldt warming up an immaculate Rotrax- Jap with a straight through exhaust which sounded fantastic. Sverre is just such a modest guy you can’t help but like him . That Jack Parker collection in the museum . I never realised that Ove Fundin was the last rider to win aWorld Championship on a JAP but the bike in the Museum , which I don’t know if it was Ove’s or replica was poetry on two wheels. Finally a question I came away with. According to the Jack Parker section of the Museum the British Match Race Championship was suspended in 1935 until after the War due to the death of Tom Farndon. Is this correct. I don’t see what a fatal crash has to do with a particular event, as accidents can happen in any part of racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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