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19 minutes ago, arnieg said:

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'

Is your book still available?

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On 2/7/2023 at 1:24 AM, wealdstone said:

Just googled it says BDW was gong striker "yes no interlude"

Not worth pistols at dawn, but these also confirm Alec on the gong. :D

http://ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Take_Your_Pick

Take Your Pick - UKGameshows

https://tde.televisionheaven.co.uk/reviews/take-your-pick

Take Your Pick | Television Heaven

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