keepturningleft Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Diddy David Hamilton was on GB news this morning talking about the time he brought Gary Glitter to Reading in 1973, and had him drive round the track in his Rolls Royce only to be met by a chorus of booing. Was anyone there who remembers this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 1 hour ago, keepturningleft said: Diddy David Hamilton was on GB news this morning talking about the time he brought Gary Glitter to Reading in 1973, and had him drive round the track in his Rolls Royce only to be met by a chorus of booing. Was anyone there who remembers this? Yep - i certainly was. Crowd was booing because if i remember correctly it was holding up the racing. The meeting in question was against Sheffield and ended in a rare Tilehurst home defeat for the Racers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 I have to admit I thought he was a class act...the "King" of "Glam Rock". I still occasionally listen to his music now. He may be disgraced but you can't take away the impact he had on the music scene during the early/middle seventies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 36 minutes ago, steve roberts said: I have to admit I thought he was a class act...the "King" of "Glam Rock". I still occasionally listen to his music now. He may be disgraced but you can't take away the impact he had on the music scene during the early/middle seventies. Agree... "Another Rock and Roll Christmas" is still one of my all-time seasonal faves. I'm a little torn, but I still listen to his greatest hits. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 hours ago, keepturningleft said: Diddy David Hamilton was on GB news this morning talking about the time he brought Gary Glitter to Reading in 1973, and had him drive round the track in his Rolls Royce only to be met by a chorus of booing. Was anyone there who remembers this? I remember it well. I devoted a page to it in 'Tears and Glory' Incidentally when he purchased a copy of the book David asked me for my autograph! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Just the kind of association speedway needs! Couple this with Michael Jackson being mentioned in the WSM pitch and the sport will be back in the papers quicker than you can say noncey nonceington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangerBoy Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 17 hours ago, keepturningleft said: Diddy David Hamilton was on GB news this morning talking about the time he brought Gary Glitter to Reading in 1973, and had him drive round the track in his Rolls Royce only to be met by a chorus of booing. Was anyone there who remembers this? Even remember Diddy wearing his Racers hat on TV when introducing programmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 My first recollection him and Speedway was when he was the announcer at Wembley following disastrous tenure of Bob Danvers Walker. I think he was responsible for a number of TV personalities going to Wembley at that time Ed Stewart and whatever the name of the dancing girls were on Top of the Pops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry1603 Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 53 minutes ago, wealdstone said: My first recollection him and Speedway was when he was the announcer at Wembley following disastrous tenure of Bob Danvers Walker. I think he was responsible for a number of TV personalities going to Wembley at that time Ed Stewart and whatever the name of the dancing girls were on Top of the Pops Pans People Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 58 minutes ago, Garry1603 said: Pans People That's who I was thinking of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 3 hours ago, wealdstone said: My first recollection him and Speedway was when he was the announcer at Wembley following disastrous tenure of Bob Danvers Walker. I think he was responsible for a number of TV personalities going to Wembley at that time Ed Stewart and whatever the name of the dancing girls were on Top of the Pops Bob Danvers Walker, he was on 'Take Your Pick' with Michael Miles. He introduced the prizes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ray Stadia said: Bob Danvers Walker, he was on 'Take Your Pick' with Michael Miles. He introduced the prizes! .He was and did the "yes no interlude" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 51 minutes ago, Ray Stadia said: Bob Danvers Walker, he was on 'Take Your Pick' with Michael Miles. He introduced the prizes! ...blimey that takes me back! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 4 hours ago, wealdstone said: My first recollection him and Speedway was when he was the announcer at Wembley following disastrous tenure of Bob Danvers Walker. I think he was responsible for a number of TV personalities going to Wembley at that time Ed Stewart and whatever the name of the dancing girls were on Top of the Pops Was that not the guy who used to be on pathe news? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stadia Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 2 hours ago, wealdstone said: .He was and did the "yes no interlude" Was that him too? The old boy with the gong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Ray Stadia said: Was that him too? The old boy with the gong? That was him!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Ore Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 BDW was the announcer. Gong man was Alec Dane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted February 7, 2023 Report Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Mr Ore said: BDW was the announcer. Gong man was Alec Dane. Just googled it says BDW was gong striker "yes no interlude" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted February 8, 2023 Report Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/5/2023 at 6:37 PM, geoff100 said: Was that not the guy who used to be on pathe news? Yes he had a golden tone to his voice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted February 10, 2023 Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 5:45 PM, keepturningleft said: Diddy David Hamilton was on GB news this morning talking about the time he brought Gary Glitter to Reading in 1973, and had him drive round the track in his Rolls Royce only to be met by a chorus of booing. Was anyone there who remembers this? From my book: Sheffield kick-started their title charge with an unexpected win [at Tilehurst]. The Tigers possessed enormous strength in depth, even their reserves were averaging nearly 7 points a match. The visitors' reserves (Doug Wyer and Bengt Larsson) totalled paid 19 points between them at Tilehurst. The Sheffield fixture is also remembered for the night's off track events. Since the start of the season announcer David Hamilton had brought a stream of famous faces to Tilehurst as his guest. Many of them would no longer be recognised but that night's guest remains famous, albeit for entirely the wrong reasons. With two number one and two number two hit singles in 1973 Gary Glitter had star written all over him. His presence encouraged many teenage girls with no interest in the racing to attend the meeting and drew a backlash from hardcore supporters who regarded Glitter as a distraction. Their behaviour towards Glitter attracted stern words in the following week's programme! The Evening Post gave the visit front page coverage: “Fever as Glitter hits Reading”, ran the front page headline. Page 4 carried further pictures of the Glitter visit next to a story giving the latest developments in the Watergate scandal. 'Tears & Glory' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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