chunky Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 Sad to report the passing of former Coventry rider, Col Smith. He was 84. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 Another of our heroes gone. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 6 hours ago, steve roberts said: Another of our heroes gone. RIP Happening all the time, Steve. At least he was a decent age. I lost two friends on Saturday; one was 54, the other was 52. Last week I discovered I'd lost another friend. She was 33... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, chunky said: Happening all the time, Steve. At least he was a decent age. I lost two friends on Saturday; one was 54, the other was 52. Last week I discovered I'd lost another friend. She was 33... Sorry to hear that Chunky...no ages at all. Life can be cruel at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 Just now, steve roberts said: Sorry to hear that Chunky...no ages at all. Life can be cruel at times. It scares me that I'm 60 - and I'm outliving most of my friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 1 minute ago, chunky said: It scares me that I'm 60 - and I'm outliving most of my friends! Yes it's often said that we are living longer but I have often questioned that generalisation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 I can't believe it, such sad news Jim Lightfoot and Col Smith both gone within a few days of each other, good guys and team mates. Rest in peace Col, my thoughts are with your family and close friends. My era at Brandon is disappearing fast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 8 hours ago, jrs said: I can't believe it, such sad news Jim Lightfoot and Col Smith both gone within a few days of each other, good guys and team mates. Rest in peace Col, my thoughts are with your family and close friends. My era at Brandon is disappearing fast It's a bit like my first year watching Oxford in 1972. From the starting line up only two survive...Rick Timmo and Norman Strachan. Those no longer with us include Garry Middleton, Oyvind S.Berg, Ken McKinlay, Colin Gooddy and Svein Kaasa. Thankfully Gordon Kennett and Malcolm Ballard who appeared later are still with us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 Both Col & Jim were in the bees team when I saw my first speedway meeting , must have been around 1960.Very sad news. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naffer Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 Condolences to both families I bought my first car off Jim lightfoot a Ford capri. he was smashing bloke he lived not far from Brandon in the countryside near Wolston used to drive by his house on the way to Brandon Saturday nights in the 60s 70 s with my dad. Happy days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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